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坂
slope · hill
N2On: はんKun: さか
Memory Aid
'Saka' — Think of the SAKe you might spill while walking up a SAKa (slope).
Vocabulary
坂道さかみちslope, hill road
急坂きゅうはんsteep slope
上り坂のぼりざかuphill slope
下り坂くだりざかdownhill slope
Example Sentences
この坂はとても急です。
This slope is very steep.
長い坂道を自転車で上るのは大変だ。
It's hard to go up a long hill road by bicycle.
毎日、この坂を歩いて学校に通っています。
I walk up and down this slope to school every day.
その急坂を登るのはかなり難しい。
Climbing that steep slope is quite difficult.