Illustration: On a broad wooden bench beside a Japanese riverside path, a young adult lies stretched out on their back, legs fully extended and hands resting loosely over the stomach. Their head rests on a folded jacket and their open eyes follow clouds overhead.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

横よこたわる

yokotawaru

to lie down, to lie stretched out

Example sentences

彼かれはベンチに横よこたわっている。
He is lying on the bench.
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トムはベッドに横よこたわり、天井てんじょうを見みつめていた。
Tom was lying in bed, staring up at the ceiling.
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その人形にんぎょうは床ゆかに横よこたわっていた。
The doll lay on the floor.
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Kanji in 横

横sideways; sideOnオウKunよこ

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