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横断歩道 (おうだんほどう): crosswalk — Japanese vocabulary

横断歩道 is read おうだんほどう and means "crosswalk". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

横断歩道

Reading
おうだんほどう · oudan hodou
Translation
crosswalk
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
おうだんほどうが

Example

あなたは横断歩道ではもっと注意すべきだ。

あなたはおうだんほどうではもっとちゅういすべきだ。

You should be more careful at a crosswalk.

Kanji in this word

  • 横 — Sideways, Side, Horizontal
  • 断 — cut off, refuse
  • 歩 — walk
  • 道 — road, way

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