Illustration: On a steep residential street in a Japanese hillside neighborhood, a shopper has dismounted and pushes a city bicycle upward. The continuous road rises clearly from their feet toward houses farther above, with retaining walls and stepped entrances confirming the elevation change.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

上のぼり坂ざか

noborizaka

uphill slope

Example sentences

  1. この道みちは上のぼり坂ざかになっている。

    This is an uphill road.

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  2. 道みちはそこから上のぼり坂ざかになっている。

    The road rises from there.

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  3. 道みちは上のぼり坂ざかになってその村むらに出でる。

    The road ascends to the village.

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Kanji in 上坂

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・のぼる
  • 坂slope; inclineOnハンKunさか

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