Illustration: On a grassy river embankment, a family picnic occupies a visibly inclined stretch between a level riverside path below and a level walkway above. The blanket follows the bank's angle, and everyone sits with their feet pointing downhill.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

斜しゃ面めん

shamen

slope, slanting surface

Example sentences

岩いわは丘おかの斜面しゃめんを転ころがり落おちた。
The rock rolled down the hillside.
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彼かれは険けわしい斜面しゃめんをじっと見みた。
He stared at the steep slope.
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凍こおった斜面しゃめんを滑すべり降おりる時ときそりは加速かそくした。
The sled accelerated as it went down the icy slope.
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Kanji in 斜面

斜diagonal; slantingOnシャKunななめ・はす
面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら

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