坂
さか
hepburn saka
slope, hill
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- この坂を上ると学校があります。If you go up this slope, there is a school.
- 自転車で坂を下りるのは少し怖いです。Going down the slope by bicycle is a little scary.
Collocations
坂を上る坂を下りる急な坂長い坂坂の上
Mnemonic
坂 saka — the earth radical 土 plus 反. A place where the ground tilts — a slope, a hill. It is read with the kun-yomi さか, a native word. Basic phrases: 急な坂 (a steep slope), 坂を上る (to climb a hill). It appears in many Japanese place names — the 阪 of 大阪 (Osaka) is a related form.
Quick check
Which radical is in the kanji 坂?