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VOCABULARY
起伏
ki
fu
ku
ups and downs / undulation
undulation, ups and downs, fluctuation, rise and fall, unevenness
noun
Example sentences
このふくはげしい。
This land has dramatic undulation.
かれかんじょうふくおおきい。
He has big emotional ups and downs.
なだらかなふくおかつづく。
Hills of gentle undulation continue.
ものがたりにはふくがあっておもしろい。
The story has ups and downs and is interesting.

Practice exercises

1
物語ものがたり適度てきど起伏きふくがあってこそ、読者どくしゃ最後さいごまでまれるものだ。
It is precisely when a story has appropriate ups and downs that readers are drawn in to the end.
Answer
起伏きふく
2
この土地とち起伏きふくおおい。
This land has many ups and downs.
Answer
起伏きふく
3
なだらかな起伏きふくのあるおかつづいている。
Hills with gentle undulations continue on.
Answer
起伏きふく
4
この小説しょうせつ感情かんじょう起伏きふくはげしい。
This novel has intense ups and downs of emotion.
Answer
起伏きふく
5
人生じんせい起伏きふくえてきた彼女かのじょつよい。
Having overcome the ups and downs of life, she is strong.
Answer
起伏きふく