Illustration: At a quiet Japanese neighborhood crossing, a parent and child are halfway across the road on broad pedestrian stripes. Their bodies face the opposite sidewalk, where the child is eagerly pointing toward a small park.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

横おう断だん

oudan

to cross a road or river

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは彼かれが通とおりを横断おうだんするのを見みた。

    I saw him cross the street.

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  2. 道路どうろを横断おうだんする時ときは気きを付つけなさい。

    Take care when you cross the street.

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  3. 通とおりを横断おうだんする時ときは注意ちゅういしなさい。

    You must be careful in crossing the street.

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Kanji in 横断

  • 横sideways; sideOnオウKunよこ
  • 断cut; decideOnダンKunたつ・ことわる・さだめる

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