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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:
  • 公金を横領したいがかっている ⇨ He has been accused of embezzling public fund
  • は横領罪で起訴された ⇨ He was charged with embezzlement
  • はやたらと横文字を使いたがる ⇨ He loves to insert English words in his (Japanese) sentences
  • 子供頃私有地を横切って学校近道をした ⇨ When I was kid I’d trespass a private property as a shortcut to school
  • を横切った ⇨ He went across the street
  • 相手の横っ面に張り手をした ⇨ He slapped the other guy’s cheek, face
  • 公金を横領していたことが発覚した ⇨ It became know that he was embezzling public funds
  • を縦横無尽回った ⇨ The hawk flew around the sky at will
  • 横浜市長 ⇨ The mayor of Yokohama city
  • の真横にある交番 ⇨ A police station right next to the train station
  • 横暴な独裁者 ⇨ An arbitrary dictator
  • 横綱の御披露目場所 ⇨ The debut tournament for the newly promoted Yokozuna
  • なんて横柄な態度だ! ⇨ What an arrogant attitude!
  • トラック高速で横転した ⇨ A semi rolled over on a freeway
  • 彼女の横顔 ⇨ Her profile. The side view of her face