Keyword
slope
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig780
Readings
さか
(76%)
ざか
(18%)
ばん
(2%)
はん
(2%)
Composed of
earth
be against
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
Bandō; former name of the Kantō region
to go downhill; to go down a slope
steep slope; steep hill
sudden drop; precipitous slope
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
climbing a slope (hill); ascending a hill
ramp; slope
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)
steeper of two hills
Kyoto-Osaka; Kyoto and Osaka
the easier of two slopes
downhill; decline; waning
winter campaign of the siege of Osaka (1614 CE)
Yasaka Station (Tokyo)
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
(arch.) large jewel; (arch.) string of jewels; Yasakani no Magatama (the grand jewel or string of jewels; one of the three Imperial regalia)
boundary between the world of men and the world of the sea god
(climbing) lane for slower traffic
bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma); mud skate; shark ray
talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; (lit.) building Osaka Castle by talking
thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)
Sakamoto Station (Shiga)
Sakado Station (Ibaraki)
Tsurugasaka Station
yellow guitarfish (Rhinobatos schlegelii)
Examples (14 in total)
The ocean came into view as we descended the hill.
I live at Akasaka in Tokyo.
If you climb up that hill, you can see the ocean.