N21356/1725

跨またぐ

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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またぐ

Meanings

to step over, to step across, to stride over, to stride across, to cross
to stretch over, to span, to bridge, to saddle, to straddle

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Example sentences

川かわに落おちた木きを跨またいで向むこう岸きしに渡わたった。

I stepped over the fallen tree in the river and crossed to the other bank.

その溝みぞは跨またげないほど幅はばが広ひろい。

That ditch is too wide to step across.

子供こどもは縄なわを跨またぐのが楽たのしそうだった。

The child seemed to enjoy stepping over the rope.

この橋はしは二ふたつの県けんにまたがって建設けんせつされており、地域ちいきをつなぐ重要じゅうような役割やくわりを担になっている。

This bridge spans two prefectures and plays an important role in connecting the regions.

線路せんろを跨またいではいけないという規則きそくは厳きびしく守まもられている。

The rule that one must not step across the railway tracks is strictly enforced.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)