Illustration: In a compact Japanese apartment, a resident stretches a measuring strip horizontally across the front of a new shoe cabinet, holding its ends exactly against the left and right edges.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

横よこ幅はば

yokohaba

width

Example sentences

  1. その長ながさと横幅よこはばを１０で割わりなさい。

    Divide its length and breadth by ten.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この布ぬのが長ながさ百ひゃくセンチと横幅よこはば三十さんじゅうセンチです。

    This cloth has a length of 100 cm and a width of 30 cm.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. 横穴よこあなは入口いりぐちから奥壁おくへきまで3.15メートル、高たかさは1.56メートル、奥壁おくへきの横幅よこはばは2.34メートルである。

    The cave is 3.15 meters long from the entrance to the inner wall, 1.56 meters high and 2.34 meters wide on the inner wall.

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

Kanji in 横幅

  • 横sideways; sideOnオウKunよこ
  • 幅hanging scroll; widthOnフクKunはば

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