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横断歩道

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

横断歩道 — “pedestrian crossing, crosswalk”

横断歩道 (read おうだんほどう) means pedestrian crossing, crosswalk. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

おうだんほどう

Meaning

pedestrian crossing, crosswalk

横断歩道 in a sentence

横断おうだん歩道ほどうを渡りわたりましょう。

Let's cross at the crosswalk.

The kanji in 横断歩道

横side; horizontal, sideways
断to cut off; to refuse
歩walking
道road; path (way/method)

Words that share a kanji with 横断歩道

横よこ— beside; side; width
横断おうだん— crossing, traversing
横切るよこぎる— to cross, to go across
断ることわる— to refuse, to decline
判断はんだん— judgment, decision
油断ゆだん— carelessness, negligence, lack of caution
診断しんだん— diagnosis
断水だんすい— suspension of water supply, water cutoff

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