急坂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
急	坂
きゅう Grade: 3	はん Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きゅうはん [kyùúháń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kʲɨːhã̠ɴ]

Noun

急(きゅう)坂(はん) • (kyūhan) ^{←きふはん (kifufan)?}

1. steep slope

   Synonym: 峻坂 (shunpan)

   • (Can we date this quote?), 豊島与志雄, 霊気‎^[1], 青空文庫:

     早朝(そうちょう)に温泉(おんせん)を発(はっ)して、山(やま)の尾根伝(おねづた)いに、見上(みあ)ぐるばかりの急坂(きゅうはん)を、よじ登(のぼ)りよじ登(のぼ)り、三時間余(さんじかんよ)にして、燕岳(つばくろだけ)の肩(かた)にある小屋(こや)に出(で)る。

     Sōchō ni onsen o hasshite, yama no one-zutai ni, miaguru bakari no kyūhan o, yojinobori yojinobori, sanjikan-yo ni shite, Tsubakuro-dake no kata ni aru koya ni deru.

     After you leave the hot springs early in the morning and clamber and clamber a towering steep slope along the mountain ridge, after a little more than three hours, you will find yourself at a cabin at the shoulder of Mount Tsubakuro.