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横断 (おうだん): crossing — Japanese vocabulary

横断 is read おうだん and means "crossing". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

横断

Reading
おうだん · oudan
Translation
crossing
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
おうだんが

Example

私は彼が通りを横断するのを見た。

わたしはかれがとおりをおうだんするのをみた。

I saw him cross the street.

Kanji in this word

  • 横 — Sideways, Side, Horizontal
  • 断 — cut off, refuse

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