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VocabJLPT N1

climbing

Nounの-AdjectivePrefixPlace

Definitions

1. ascent
2. climbing
3. up-train
4. upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)

This noun refers to the act of climbing or going upward, such as ascending a mountain or stairs. It is often used in compound expressions to describe an upward path or route.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

"Keep your breathing steady on the way up," she told me.

Sentence 2

Maybe it's my fitness, but the climb feels so much longer than it used to.

Sentence 3

I was out of breath climbing the stairs at the station.

Sentence 4

You really think you can push a loaded cart up that hill?

Sentence 5

Oh no — I might have dropped my wallet somewhere on the way up!