hill

丘

周囲より高く盛り上がった土地で、山より小さいもの。

やさしい英語で： An area of land that rises above the land around it and is smaller than a mountain.

• Our house stands on a hill.
• We climbed two hills before lunch.
• The green hills stretched into the distance.

よく使う表現： top of hill, steep hill, rolling hill

坂、坂道

道路や小道などにある、傾斜した地面の部分。

やさしい英語で： A sloping stretch of ground, often part of a road or path.

• Push your bike up the hill.
• The car rolled down the hill.
• This hill is too steep to cycle up.

類義語： slope, incline

よく使う表現： up the hill, down the hill, steep hill

株

小さく盛った土の上で、まとまって育つ植物の集まり。

やさしい英語で： A group of plants growing together in a small pile of soil.

• Plant three seeds in each hill.
• The farmer checked the hills of potatoes.
• Leave enough space between each hill of corn.

よく使う表現： hill of potatoes, hill of corn