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坂 (さか, saka) Japanese meaning: slope | Kotomora
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えき
に
着つ
き
ます
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If you go up this slope, you'll reach the station.
It's dangerous to go down a steep hill on a bicycle.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 坂さか を 上のぼ る to climb up a slope
Every morning I climb the slope to the station on my way to work.
〈 数かず 〉 の 坂さか を 越こ える to pass a milestone age
My father passed the milestone of 60 last year.
坂さか を 下くだ る to go down a slope
Going down the slope on a bike feels great.
Expressions 急きゅう な 坂さか steep slope; sudden drop; precipitous incline Related words 丘 refers to a hill as a geographical feature, while 坂 emphasizes the slope or incline of a road or path.
傾斜 is a technical term for the gradient or inclination of a surface, whereas 坂 is the everyday word for a sloped road or path.
坂 is a general word for a slope or hill, while 坂道 specifically means the road or path that goes up or down that slope.
坂 is the everyday word for a hill or slope, especially roads and paths, while 斜面 is a more technical term for any inclined surface, natural or man-made.
坂 is the native Japanese word for a hill or road incline, often natural or long, while スロープ usually refers to a shorter, deliberately built ramp.
Don't confuse with 阪 looks similar to 坂 and shares the reading さか in place names like 大阪, but 阪 is used almost exclusively in proper nouns, while 坂 is the general word for a slope.
坂 names the physical hill or sloped road itself, while 勾配 names the numerical steepness or gradient of such a slope.
Word family· 8 hill road; slope; incline
downhill; downward slope; descent · decline; waning; ebb; going downhill
downhill; decline; waning
gentler path to a shrine/temple
Written forms 坂さか Usage 97%
Standard kanji spelling for 'slope' or 'hill'. High priority.
阪さか Usage 3%
Variant kanji, mostly seen in proper nouns (e.g. 大阪) or older texts. Not common for general 'slope' usage.
Etymology The kanji 坂 is composed of 土 (earth) and 反 (oppose, return), suggesting a raised or slanted earth formation. The reading さか is native Japanese (kun'yomi). The variant 阪 is a simplified form also used in proper nouns.
男おとこ 坂ざか
steeper path to a shrine or temple
