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The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
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Vocabulary list

michi
noun
  1. road; path; street; lane; passage
  2. route; way
  3. distance; journey
  4. road (e.g. to victory); course
  5. way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
  6. teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
  7. field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
  8. means; way; method
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kyuushamen
noun
  1. steep slope
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
jiguzagu
na adjective, no adjective, noun
  1. zig-zag; zigzag
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
noboru
noboru
noboru

te-form

nobotte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to ascend; to go up; to climb
  2. to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise (usu. 昇る)
  3. to go to (the capital)
  4. to be promoted
  5. to add up to
  6. to advance (in price)
  7. to swim up (a river); to sail up
  8. to come up (on the agenda)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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