Illustration: On a narrow residential street, a cat strides from one roadside wall toward the opposite drainage gutter, directly across the route of a delivery cyclist. The cyclist has stopped with one foot down, both hands on the brakes, while the cat continues without looking at him.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

横よこ切ぎる

yokogiru

to cross, to traverse

Example sentences

私わたしは彼女かのじょが通とおりを横切よこぎるのを見みた。
I saw her crossing the street.
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彼かれは川かわを横切よこぎった。
He got across the river.
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彼かれは通とおりを横切よこぎった。
He walked across the street.
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Kanji in 横切

横sideways; sideOnオウKunよこ
切cutOnセツ・サイKunきる・きり・きれる

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