Skip to content
Nihongo Circle
.
Lessons
Learn
Road map
Study guides
Kana
Dictionary
Grammar
Immersion
Culture
Practice
Tomo challenges
Games
Mock exam
Reading level
Your space
Cosmetics shop
Sign up free
Lessons
Dictionary
Games
Explore
All levels
Study level
Sign in
Dictionary
横断
おうだん
N3
noun
transitive 他動詞
intransitive 自動詞
Meanings
1
crossing
2
crossing (a road, river, etc.)
3
cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town)
4
cutting across
5
crossing (east-west)
6
traversing
7
travelling across
8
cutting horizontally
Example sentence
道路を横断する時は気を付けなさい。
Take care when you cross the street.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 横断 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
横
Sideways, Side, Horizontal
15 strokes
断
Severance, Decline, Refuse
11 strokes
More words with
横
横
よこ ·
beside
N5
横綱
よこづな ·
sumo grand champion
N1
横ばい
よこばい ·
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab)
縦横
たてよこ ·
length and breadth
横着
おうちゃく ·
laziness
Full entry on Jisho
横浜
よこはま ·
Yokohama (city)
横断歩道
おうだんほどう ·
pedestrian crossing
横領
おうりょう ·
embezzlement
More words with
断
判断
はんだん ·
judgment
N3
決断
けつだん ·
decision
N1
診断
しんだん ·
diagnosis
N2
断念
だんねん ·
abandoning (hope, plans)
予断
よだん ·
prediction
断る
ことわる ·
to refuse
N3
無断
むだん ·
without permission
N1
中断
ちゅうだん ·
interruption
N1
More at JLPT N3
All 2,138 N3 words
All 367 N3 kanji
Everything N3