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    3. 横断

    横断

    横おう断だん

    crossing (a road, river, etc.)

    N3KMT6News #10+1CoreTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab26 strokes

    おうだん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    crossing (a road, river, etc.), cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town), cutting across, intersecting (e.g. a railway track)
    2.
    crossing (east-west), traversing, travelling across, flying across (e.g. the Pacific), sailing across

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    3.
    cutting horizontally, sectioning laterally

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    道どう路ろの横おう断だんは危き険けんです。

    Crossing the road is dangerous.

    KMT4Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    彼かれは信しん号ごう無む視しで道どう路ろを横おう断だんした。

    He crossed the road ignoring the traffic light.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    この橋はしは、その川かわを横おう断だんする唯ゆい一いつの手しゅ段だんです。

    This bridge is the only means to cross that river.

    KMT7Travel & Transportation
    友ゆう人じんと一いっ緒しょにアメリカ大たい陸りくを車くるまで横おう断だんする計けい画かくを立たてている。

    I'm planning to cross the American continent by car with my friend.

    KMT7Travel & Transportation
    鉄てつ道どうが街まちを横おう断だんしているため、交こう通つう渋じゅう滞たいが頻ひん繁ぱんに発 生 する。

    Because the railway crosses the town, traffic jams frequently occur.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    横
    よこ…(1)
    sideways・side・horizontal・width・woof…(2)
    断
    た.つ・ことわ.る・さだ.める…(1)
    severance・decline・refuse・apologize・warn…(5)
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