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坂道

sakamichi

Description

坂道は、上ったり下ったりする、平らではない道のことです。

A 坂道 is a road that is not flat and goes uphill or downhill.

自転車で坂道を上るのは大変ですが、下るときは楽で速いです。

Riding a bicycle uphill on a 坂道 is hard, but going downhill is easy and fast.

Meanings

坂道sakamichi

a sloping road; a hill road

毎日この坂道を歩いて学校へ行きます。

I walk up this slope every day to go to school.

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Notes

  • Etymology

    compound of 坂 (saka, slope) + 道 (michi, road/path).

  • Nuance

    坂 alone means the slope itself; 坂道 stresses it as a road you travel.

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