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険しい (けわしい): steep, rugged; severe — Japanese vocabulary

険しい is read けわしい and means "steep, rugged; severe". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

険しい

Reading
けわしい · kewashii
Translation
steep, rugged; severe
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
けわしいが

Example

彼は険しい斜面をじっと見た。

かれはけわしいしゃめんをじっとみた。

He stared at the steep slope.

Kanji in this word

  • 険 — steep, risky

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