おうだん

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, intransitive verb

    crossing (a road, river, etc.), cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town), cutting across, intersecting (e.g. a railway track)

    • 道路を横断する時は気を付けなさい。
      Take care when you cross the street.
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, intransitive verb

    crossing (east-west), traversing, travelling across, flying across (e.g. the Pacific), sailing across

    • 彼はヨットで太平洋を横断した。
      He crossed the Pacific Ocean in a sailboat.
  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, transitive verb

    cutting horizontally, sectioning laterally