横断

おうだん

[oudan]

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track)

2.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

crossing (east-west); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across

3.NounNoun・suruTransitive

cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

横断歩道を安全に渡ってください。

Please cross at the crosswalk.

横断歩道を渡るとき左右を確認した。

I looked both ways when crossing the crosswalk.

砂漠を横断する冒険をして疲れた。

I got tired from an adventure crossing the desert.