横断 おうだん
ōdan

Noun
Suru Verb

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

Intransitive
道路 どうろ横断 おうだんする とき けなさい。
dōrō ōdan suru tokiwa kio tsukenasai.
Take care when you cross the street.
Noun
Suru Verb

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

Intransitive
Related to 縦断
かれはヨットで太平 たいへい よう横断 おうだんした。
karewa yottode taihēyōo ōdan shita.
He crossed the Pacific Ocean in a sailboat.
Noun
Suru Verb

3. cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

Transitive
Related to 縦断