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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

道は急斜面をジグザグにのぼっていた。

Sentence Analyzer

急斜面 じぐざぐ のぼっていた

English Translation

The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

Furigana

(みち)急斜面(きゅうしゃめん)をジグザグにのぼっていた。

Romanji

Michi wa kyūshamen o jiguzagu ni nobotteita.

Words

(みち)
road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
急斜面 (きゅうしゃめん)
steep slope
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
ジグザグ (ジグザグ)
zig-zag
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
上る (のぼる)
to ascend; to go up; to climb; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to; to advance (in price); to swim up (a river); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda)

Kanji

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち
Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Readings: キュウ、 いそ.ぐ、 いそ.ぎ
Meanings: hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
Readings: シャ、 なな.め、 はす
Meanings: diagonal, slanting, oblique
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface