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坂
saka
Description
「坂」は、地面がだんだん高くなったり低くなったりしている道のことです。
"坂" is a road where the ground gradually rises or falls.
自転車で坂を上るのは大変ですが、下るのは楽です。
Riding a bicycle up a 坂 is hard, but going down is easy.
Meanings
坂saka
a slope; a hill on a road
この坂はとても急です。
This slope is very steep.
Related words
Notes
- Nuance
坂 is a sloped road or path, while 丘 (oka) is a rounded hill as a landform.
- Etymology
often appears in place names and compounds like 上り坂 (uphill) and 下り坂 (downhill).
In videos
“僕は、今、坂を のぼっています。”
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