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    3. 下り坂

    下り坂

    下くだり​坂ざか

    downhill

    KMT8News #23+1NounTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab12 strokes

    くだりざか

    Noun

    1.
    downhill, downward slope, descent
    2.
    decline, waning, ebb, (going) downhill

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    この道みちは下くだり坂ざかです。

    This road is downhill.

    KMT3Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    長ながい下くだり坂ざかの後あとは、急きゅうな上のぼり坂ざかが待まっていた。

    After a long downhill slope, a steep uphill slope awaited us.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationNature & Environment
    自じ転てん車しゃで下くだり坂ざかを勢いきおいよく駆かけ下おりた。

    I rode down the downhill slope vigorously on my bicycle.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    会かい社しゃの業ぎょう績せきは、ここ数すう年ねん下くだり坂ざかにある。

    The company's performance has been on a decline for the past few years.

    KMT8Business & FinanceWork & Career
    彼かれのキャリアは、その事じ件けん以い来らい、下くだり坂ざかをたどっている。

    His career has been on a downward slope since that incident.

    KMT9Work & CareerEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    Kanji
    坂
    さか…(3)
    slope・incline・hill
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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