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Examples:

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
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