坂 – vocab dash

Keyword

slope

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Mnemonic

You trudge up a hill where the earth seems to be against you at every step, pushing back on every foot: a steep slope.

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

Noun

ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase

Noun

hill road

Noun

downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb; (going) downhill

Noun

Bandō; former name of the Kantō region

Noun

climbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill

Noun

Matsuzakaya (major Japanese department store chain)

Noun

steep slope; steep hill

Noun

ramp; slope

Noun

steeper of two paths (leading up to a shrine or temple)

Noun

gentler of two paths (leading up to a shrine or temple)

Noun

downhill; decline; waning

Noun