Vocabulary What does てっぺん (teppen) mean? てっぺん means top, summit, peak. Quick factsReadingてっぺんRomajiteppenLevel (estimated, JLPT framework)N1 てっぺんてっぺんN1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkteppentop, summit, peakExample sentences頭(あたま)のてっぺんが痛(いた)い。The top of my head hurts.山(やま)のてっぺんに登(のぼ)った。I climbed to the very top of the mountain.