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凸凹 (でこぼこ): unevenness, roughness, ruggedness — Japanese vocabulary

凸凹 is read でこぼこ and means "unevenness, roughness, ruggedness". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

凸凹

Reading
でこぼこ · dekoboko
Translation
unevenness, roughness, ruggedness
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
でこぼこが

Example

バスはでこぼこ道を走りながらガタガタと音を立てた。

バスはでこぼこみちをはしりながらガタガタとおとをたてた。

The bus rattled as it drove along the bumpy road.

Kanji in this word

  • 凸 — Convex, Beetle Brow, Uneven
  • 凹 — Concave, Hollow, Sunken

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