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横断

おうだん

Readings

おうだん

Meanings

  1. 1.
    n, vs, vicrossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track)
  2. 2.
    n, vs, vicrossing (east-west); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across
  3. 3.
    n, vs, vtcutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

Kanji breakdown

N415 strokesGrade 3
N411 strokesGrade 5

Example sentences

道路を横断する時は気を付けなさい。

Take care when you cross the street.

彼はヨットで太平洋を横断した。

He crossed the Pacific Ocean in a sailboat.

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横断おうだん

crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally

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