Illustration: A family follows a narrow footpath through the rolling grassland of a Japanese riverside park. The ground forms several successive rounded rises and hollows, and the path remains visibly attached to every contour.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

起き伏ふく

kifuku

undulation, unevenness

Often describes the rises and dips of land. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 大おおきな都市圏としけんを形成けいせいしている京阪神けいはんしんではあるが、かなり起伏きふくの富とんだ地形ちけいが広ひろがっている。

    Keihanshin forms a large urban area; however, a considerably undulating landscape spreads therein.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 三方さんぽうの山々やまやまは古生層こせいそうに属ぞくしてゆるやかな起伏きふくをもち、また盆地縁辺ぼんちえんぺんにはいくつかの独立どくりつした小山こやまも点在てんざいしていた。

    The mountains of three directions belonging to the Paleozoic strata have gentle ups and downs, and around the border in the basin, some independent small hills are seen here and there.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 構成こうせいとしては池いけを中心ちゅうしんにして、土地とちの起伏きふくを生いかすか、築山つきやまを築きずいて、庭石にわいしや草木くさきを配はいし、四季折々しきおりおりに鑑賞かんしょうできる景色けしきを造つくるのが一般的いっぱんてきである。

    Construction of Nihon teien generally utilizes undulations of the ground or building a miniature mountain, locating a pond at the center of it, and arranging garden stones and plants so that viewers can appreciate the scenery in all seasons.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 起伏

  • 起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす
  • 伏prostrated; bend downOnフクKunふせる・ふす

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