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横 よこ N5

  1. horizontal (as opposed to vertical)
  2. breadth; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width
  3. side (of a box, etc.)
  4. aside; beside; next to
  5. unconnected

横切る よこぎる N3

  1. to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

横断 おうだん N3

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

横綱 よこづな N1

  1. grand champion; yokozuna (highest rank in sumo)
  2. best in its field; cream of the crop; crème de la crème

横たわる よこたわる

  1. to lie down; to stretch out
  2. to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

横ばい よこばい

  1. crawling sideways; sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab)
  2. jassid; leafhopper (insect)
  3. sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
  4. levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing

横取り よこどり

  1. seizure; snatching; stealing; usurpation

横幅 よこはば

  1. breadth; width

横手 よこて

  1. beside; side
  2. feature of a sword blade

横文字 よこもじ

  1. European writing; Roman letters; horizontal script (esp. of a European language)
  2. European language; Western language
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