I Love Kanji横切る (yokogiru)
横切る (よこぎる, yokogiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to cross (e.g. road); to traverse”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よこぎる
- Romaji
- yokogiru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to cross (e.g. road); to traverse · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 横切る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 横切る | よこぎる yokogiru |
| Polite (~masu) | 横切ります | よこぎります yokogirimasu |
| Negative | 横切らない | よこぎらない yokogiranai |
| Polite negative | 横切りません | よこぎりません yokogirimasen |
| Past | 横切った | よこぎった yokogitta |
| Polite past | 横切りました | よこぎりました yokogirimashita |
| Negative past | 横切らなかった | よこぎらなかった yokogiranakatta |
| Te-form | 横切って | よこぎって yokogitte |
| Potential | 横切れる | よこぎれる yokogireru |
| Passive | 横切られる | よこぎられる yokogirareru |
| Causative | 横切らせる | よこぎらせる yokogiraseru |
| Volitional | 横切ろう | よこぎろう yokogirou |
| Imperative | 横切れ | よこぎれ yokogire |
| Conditional (~ba) | 横切れば | よこぎれば yokogireba |
Kanji in 横切る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 横切る.
横よこhorizontal (as opposed to vertical)横断おうだんcrossing (a road, river, etc.)横綱よこづなyokozuna (highest rank in sumo)切手きってstamp (postage)切符きっぷticket切るきるto cut大切たいせつimportant親切しんせつkind切れきれpiece切りきりend適切てきせつappropriate裏切るうらぎるto betray切れるきれるto break締切しめきりdeadline
Source: JMdict entry 1180860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.