急勾配

Reading

Kana: きゅうこうばい

Romaji: kyūkoubai

Definition

noun

1

steep slope

Kanji

急

Readings: キュウ、 いそ.ぐ、 いそ.ぎ

Meanings: hurry, emergency, sudden, steep

勾

Readings: コウ、 ク、 かぎ、 ま.がる

Meanings: be bent, slope, capture

配

Readings: ハイ、 くば.る

Meanings: distribute, spouse, exile, rationing

Example Sentence

山越(やまご)えの道(みち)は狭(せま)く、しかも急(きゅう)勾配(こうばい)だった。

➥The road across the mountain was narrow, and what's more, it was a steep slope.