険しい

Word
険しい
Reading
けしい/けわしい
Level
N4
Part of speech
adjective
Meaning
steep / rugged
Example

山道が険しくて歩きにくいです。 The mountain trail is steep and hard to walk on.

Confused with

悲しい (かなしい - sad): 険しい describes steep terrain, while 悲しい describes sadness.

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