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横断

横断

See also: 橫斷

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 橫斷.
(This term, 横断, is the simplified form of 橫斷.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 3
だん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

横断 (hiragana おうだん, romaji ōdan)

  1. crossing, traversing, intersecting, especially across the width (not lengthwise)
  2. travelling east to west or west to east
  3. cutting in a sideways direction

Compounds

  • (cutting sideways): 横断面 (おうだんめん) (ōdanmen, cross section)

Verb

横断する (intransitive, hiragana おうだんする, romaji ōdan suru)

  1. go across, cross
  2. go latitudinally

横断する (transitive, hiragana おうだんする, romaji ōdan suru)

  1. cut in a sideways direction

Conjugation