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横 : Sideways

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Components:
木黄

sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof, unreasonable, perverse

On 'yomi:
オウ(ou)
Kun 'yomi:
よこ(yoko)
Strokes:15
Radical:木 (75)
Usage Rating:480
JLPT:N3
old JLPT:2
Grade:3
Unicode:06a2a
jis208:18-3
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横 Usage examples

横から(よこから)from someone uninvolved, from someone unconnected
横車を押す(よこぐるまをおす)to push through an unreasonable idea
横綱を食う(よこづなをくう)to beat a grand champion
横投げ(よこなげ)throwing sideways
横領罪(おうりょうざい)fraudulent appropriation
横歩き(よこあるき)side stepping, sidling
横綱稽古(よこづなけいこ)practice session where grand champion is present
横綱の器(よこづなのうつわ)mental characteristics expected of a grand champion
横綱大関(よこづなおおぜき)grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2
大横綱(だいよこづな)grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins
横綱審議委員会(よこづなしんぎいいんかい)Yokozuna Deliberation Committee, body that recommends promotion of wrestlers to grand champions
新横綱(しんよこづな)wrestler newly promoted to grand champion
学生横綱(がくせいよこづな)university amateur champion
縦横比(たてよこひ)aspect ratio
ごろりと横になる(ごろりとよこになる)to throw oneself down, to lie down
横行跋扈(おうこうばっこ)being rampant, (evildoers) roaming at will
機知縦横(きちじゅうおう)
機智縦横(きちじゅうおう)
being very witty, very ingenious and resourceful
機略縦横(きりゃくじゅうおう)very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment, playing it by ear, acting according to circumstances
横列(おうれつ)rank (e.g. of soldiers)
活気横溢(かっきおういつ)being full of vitality (energy), in exuberant spirits, effervescent, ebullient
気力横溢(きりょくおういつ)being full of vitality (energy), in exuberant spirits, effervescent, ebullient
才知縦横(さいちじゅうおう)resourceful and quick-witted, showing a flash of brilliance, have a keen (sparkling) intellect
縦横自在(じゅうおうじざい)freely, right and left, active without any restraint, with unrestricted energy in all directions
縦横無礙(じゅうおうむげ)being as free as the air, active without any restraint
処士横議(しょしおうぎ)wayward (irresponsible) criticisms of political matters by private citizens
専断横行(せんだんおうこう)prevalence of arbitrariness
横材(よこざい)cross member, crosspiece
横架材(おうかざい)horizontal structural members (beams, girders, etc.) of a building
右横(みぎよこ)right side
横筋ジャッカル(よこすじジャッカル)side-striped jackal (carnivore, Canis adustus)
横道(おうどう)wickedness, evil, iniquity, wrongness
横梁(よこばり)horizontal beam, stringpiece, trave
業務上横領(ぎょうむじょうおうりょう)corporate embezzlement
横這いガラガラ蛇(ヨコバイガラガラヘビ)sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
太平洋横断(たいへいようおうだん)trans-Pacific, trans-Pacific crossing
縦の物を横にもしない(たてのものをよこにもしない)too lazy to do anything
横の物を縦にもしない(よこのものをたてにもしない)too lazy to do anything
横並び(よこならび)treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner, following the crowd
横にらみ(よこにらみ)
横睨み(よこにらみ)
sharp-sidelong glance, glare