Illustration: From a high coastal viewpoint, an elongated narrow island is visible almost from end to end. A single walking trail follows its long central ridge from a distant southern landing to the northern lookout in the foreground.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

縦じゅう断だん

juudan

to run through, to traverse

Often describes travel or a route along a long axis. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 水稲農耕すいとうのうこうは、かなりな速はやさで日本列島にっぽんれっとうを縦断じゅうだんし伝播波及でんぱはきゅうしたといえる。

    Rice-paddy cultivation quickly spread across the Japanese Archipelago.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 近年きんねんは湖西道路こさいどうろや、京都市中心部きょうとしちゅうしんぶから日ひノ岡おかの下したを通とおり山科区やましなくを南みなみに縦断じゅうだんする京都市営地下鉄東西線きょうとしえいちかてつとうざいせんが開通かいつうするなど更さらなる交通網こうつうもうの整備せいびが進すすんだ。

    In recent years, the traffic network has further improved with the development of the Kosai Road and the opening of Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line which runs from central Kyoto, passes through the foot of Hinooka, and traverses Yamashina Ward southward.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 近鉄京都線きんてつきょうとせんは京都盆地きょうとぼんちをほぼ一直線いっちょくせんに縦断じゅうだんするが、その盆地ぼんちの中央付近ちゅうおうふきんで東側ひがしがわの山地さんちより張はり出だす丘陵地帯きゅうりょうちたいの頂上付近ちょうじょうふきんに大久保駅おおくぼえきがある。

    The Kintetsu Kyoto Line runs almost straight through the Kyoto Basin, and Okubo Station is near the top of a hilly area that juts out from the mountains to the east, close to the center of the basin.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 縦断

  • 縦vertical; lengthOnジュウKunたて
  • 断cut; decideOnダンKunたつ・ことわる・さだめる

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