横断
おうだん
oudan
JMdict entry #1180900
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb
crossing (east-west); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across
see: 縦断・1
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verb
cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
see: 縦断・2
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は太平洋を横断する企てに失敗した。
kare ha taihei you wo oudan suru kuwadate ni shippai shi ta 。
He failed in the attempt to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
彼は太平洋を２度飛行機で横断した。
kare ha taihei you wo ２ do hikou ki de oudan shi ta 。
He has twice flown the Pacific.
彼は小さなヨットで大西洋を横断した。
kare ha chiisana yotto de taisei you wo oudan shi ta 。
He came across the Atlantic in a small sailboat.
彼は広大な太平洋をいかだで横断した。
kare ha koudai na taihei you wo ikada de oudan shi ta 。
He crossed the immense pacific on a raft.
彼はヨットで太平洋を横断した。
kare ha yotto de taihei you wo oudan shi ta 。
He crossed the Pacific Ocean in a sailboat.
彼はその目の見えない人が通りを横断するのを助けた。
kare ha sono me no mie nai hito ga toori wo oudan suru no wo tasuke ta 。
He helped the blind man to cross the street.