ちゅうふく
ちゅうふく 【中腹 】▸ 山の中腹で彼にばったり出会う meet him unexpectedly halfway up [down ] the mountain . (!up は山を登って行く場合, down は下る場合 ) ▸ 山の中腹の小屋で休憩した There was a hut halfway up [down ] the mountain, and we took a rest there .