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    3. 縦断

    縦断

    縦じゅう断だん

    running through (north-south)

    KMT9News #24+1Travel & TransportationKanji Vocab27 strokes

    じゅうだん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    running through (north-south), cutting across, travelling across

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    2.
    cutting vertically, sectioning longitudinally

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    彼かれは日に本ほんを自じ転てん車しゃで縦じゅう断だんした。

    He traveled across Japan by bicycle.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationSports & Martial Arts
    その鉄てつ道どうは大たい陸りくを縦じゅう断だんする重じゅう要ような交こう通つう路ろだ。

    That railway is an important transportation route that traverses the continent.

    KMT9Travel & Transportation
    調ちょう査さチームは、山さん脈みゃくを縦じゅう断だんして未み知ちの植しょく物ぶつを発はっ見けんした。

    The research team traversed the mountain range and discovered unknown plants.

    KMT9Science & MathTravel & TransportationNature & Environment
    週しゅう末まつに車くるまで北ほっ海かい道どうを縦じゅう断だんする計けい画かくを立たてている。

    I'm planning to drive across Hokkaido this weekend.

    KMT9Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    この川かわは、その国くにのほぼ中ちゅう央おうを縦じゅう断だんしている。

    This river runs almost through the center of that country.

    KMT9Nature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation

    Kanji that make up this word

    縦
    たて…(1)
    vertical・length・height・self-indulgent・wayward
    断
    た.つ・ことわ.る・さだ.める…(1)
    severance・decline・refuse・apologize・warn…(5)
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