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    3. 交差

    交差

    交こう差さ

    crossing

    N2KMT9News #31+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeScience & MathKanji Vocab16 strokes

    交叉

    こうさ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    crossing, intersection
    2.
    (genetic) crossing over
    biology

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    道みちがここで交こう差さしています。

    The roads cross here.

    KMT7Daily Life
    複ふく数すうの線せん路ろが複ふく雑ざつに交こう差さする地ち点てんだ。

    It's a point where multiple railway tracks intricately cross.

    KMT9Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    交こう通つう量りょうの多おおい交こう差さ点てんでは、事じ故こに注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようです。

    At busy intersections, it's necessary to be careful of accidents.

    KMT9Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    遺い伝でん子しの交こう差さは、生せい物ぶつの多た様よう性せいを生うみ出だす重じゅう要ようなメカニズムだ。

    Genetic crossing over is an important mechanism that creates biodiversity.

    KMT9Science & MathAnimals
    彼かれの人じん生せいは、異ことなる文ぶん化かが交こう差さする場ば所しょで形けい成せいされた。

    His life was shaped in a place where different cultures intersected.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    交
    まじ.わる・まじ.える・ま.じる・まじ.る・ま.ざる・ま.ぜる…(6)
    mingle・mixing・association・coming & going
    差
    さ.す・さ.し…(1)
    distinction・difference・variation・discrepancy・margin…(1)
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