Illustration: On a steep residential street in a Japanese hillside neighborhood, an older shopper walks downhill behind a wheeled shopping trolley, leaning slightly backward to restrain its pull. The trolley sits visibly lower on the road than the shopper’s feet.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

下くだり坂ざか

kudarizaka

downhill slope

Example sentences

道みちが急きゅうに下くだり坂ざかになる。
The road dips suddenly.
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道みちは緩ゆるい下くだり坂ざかになっている。
The road descends slowly.
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丘おかは川かわのほうまで下くだり坂ざかになっています。
The hill slopes downward to the river.
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Kanji in 下坂

下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・くだる
坂slope; inclineOnハンKunさか

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