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凸凹でこぼこ

でこぼこ dekoboko Play N2 Noun Na-adjective Suru verb Intransitive

表面や形に高低・凹凸があり、平らでないこと。 unevenness; roughness; ruggedness

Example 1

道みちはとてもでこぼこだった。

The road was very rough.

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Example 2

バスはでこぼこ道みちを走はしりながらガタガタと音おとを立たてた。

The bus rattled as it drove along the bumpy road.

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Kanji breakdown

凸

N1

convex; beetle brow; uneven

On reading
トツ
Kun reading
でこ
Radical
凵

凹

N1

concave; hollow; sunken

On reading
オウ
Kun reading
くぼ.む、へこ.む、ぼこ
Radical
凵
Illustration of 凹む
N2

へこむ

to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in; to be snubbed