道は急斜面をジグザグにのぼっていた。

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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