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► 成句
  [(2)よこ]  [横になる]    meaning:  lie down  rank: 1
☆ 大丈夫?横になったほうがいんじゃない? ⇨ Are you OK? Maybe you should lie down

► 名詞
  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  horizontal  rank: 1
☆ 2メートル、横5メートル ⇨ Vertically, height, 2 meters, horizontally, width, 5 meters
☆ は横にく ⇨ Crabs walk sideways
☆ 電線は横に走っている ⇨ The cables are running horizontally

  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  side  rank: 1
☆ カメラが横をいている ⇨ The camera is pointing sideways
☆ を横にいた ⇨ He put his bag on his side
☆ 彼等を横から攻撃した ⇨ They attacked the enemy from the side, flank
☆ 横から余計出すな ⇨ Don’t offer unsolicited opinion from the sidelines
☆ が横にれた ⇨ Our discussion got sidetracked

  [(2)よこ]    meaning:  peer  rank: 2
☆ は横のがりを大事にしている ⇨ He is valuing his peer network


More examples:
  • 彼等共謀して公金を横領した ⇨ They conspired to embezzle public funds
  • 彼女全裸で横たわっていた ⇨ She was lying on the bed totally naked
  • は横領罪で起訴された ⇨ He was charged with embezzlement
  • このでは汚職が横行している ⇨ Corruption is rampant in this country
  • 彼女名前の横にバツけた ⇨ She wrote a check mark next to his name
  • 公金を横領して逮捕された ⇨ He was arrested for embezzling public funds
  • コシヒカリの横綱とわれる ⇨ Koshihikari rice is called the champion of rice
  • 横綱が相手豪快ばした ⇨ The Yokozuna powerfully threw away the opponent
  • 地面に横たわっていた ⇨ He was lying on the ground, barely breathing
  • 上司の横暴に怒り炸裂した ⇨ My anger exploded against the authoritarian way of the boss
  • の真横にある交番 ⇨ A police station right next to the train station
  • 道路を横断するは十けること ⇨ Be very careful when you cross a road
  • はやたらと横文字を使いたがる ⇨ He loves to insert English words in his (Japanese) sentences
  • あいつは横着なだ ⇨ He is a lazy bastard. He cuts corners with things
  • ガソリン不足値段吊り上げが横行した ⇨ Gas price gouging was widespread due to the shortage of supply