日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N3

Meaningssideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
On'yomiオウ
Kun'yomiよこ
Strokes15
Radical

Compounds

  • horizontal (as opposed to vertical), side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth

  • to lie down, to stretch out, to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.), to lie in wait

  • snatching, stealing, seizure, usurpation

  • horizontal line

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

  • breadth, width

  • violence, oppression, high-handedness, tyranny

  • embezzlement, misappropriation, usurpation

Example sentences

  • Is snoring less likely if you sleep on your side?

  • He edged sideways through the crowd.

  • An old woman is walking across the road.

  • To calculate the capacity, multiply the length by the width by the depth.

  • I lay down not so much to sleep as to think.

  • Moreover, when viewed from the side, the front teeth are protruding.

  • The woman dental hygienist said to me, lying down in the chair, "Right, please open your mouth."

  • The old lady thanked me for helping her across the road.