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JLPT N4 · Noun

坂 (saka)

坂 (さか, saka) is a Japanese noun meaning “slope; incline”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
さか
Romaji
saka
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. slope; incline; hill · noun
  2. milestone; (age) mark · noun · e.g. 60の坂

Example sentences

坂を下りるときに彼女のおんぼろ自転車はキーキー音を立てた。
Her old bike squeaked as she rode down the hill.
Tatoeba #76122

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 坂

坂
slope, incline, hillハン・さか · 7 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1297110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.