丘陵

きゅうりょう · kyuuryou · JLPT N3 · noun

hill

丘陵 — hill

⛰️ 丘陵 = hill + mound: a whole stretch of low, rolling hills

丘 (kyuu) means a small hill and 陵 (ryou) means a hill or burial mound, as in 御陵, an imperial tomb. Two hill characters together mean a stretch of gentle hills, lower than 山 mountains.

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