坂(さか)

さか

noun

slope, hill

1. slope, hill, incline

A surface of ground that is not flat, especially one that goes up or down.

This slope is steep.

I go up the hill to school.

If you go down the slope, there's a station.

There are many hills in this area, so it's tough by bicycle.

It's tough to go up this long hill every morning to get to work, but I think it's good for my health.

坂(さか) refers to a sloping street or hillside path.

坂(さか)を上(のぼ)る: to go up a hill
坂(さか)を下(くだ)る/下(お)りる: to go down a hill
急(きゅう)な坂(さか): steep slope
上(のぼ)り坂(ざか) / 下(くだ)り坂(ざか): uphill / downhill; also figurative, an upswing / a decline (business, health, weather)
坂道(さかみち): sloping road, hill road

坂(さか) appears in many famous Japanese place names:

Related Words

Related: 丘(おか) (hill)

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Added 2026.1.8 21:03 · Revised 2026.10.7 4:23

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