坂（さか）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: slope / hill
Example sentences
- この急な坂を上るのは大変だ。 — Climbing this steep slope is tough.
- 自転車で坂を下る。 — I ride my bike down the slope.
Idioms & proverbs containing “坂”
- 口では大坂の城も建つ (くちではおおさかのしろもたつ) — talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “坂” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)