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Illustration of 交差

交差こうさ

こうさ kousa Play N2 Noun Suru verb Intransitive

Meanings and examples

二つ以上のものが互いに交わること。 cross

Example 1

その棒ぼうは交差こうさしておかれた。

The sticks were laid across each other.

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Example 2

２本の道が十文字に交差している。

The two roads cut across the street from us.

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Kanji breakdown

交

N3

mingle; mixing; association; coming & going

On reading
コウ
Kun reading
まじ.わる、まじ.える、ま.じる、まじ.る、ま.ざる、ま.ぜる、-か.う、か.わす、かわ.す、こもごも
Radical
亠

差

N3

distinction; difference; variation; discrepancy; margin; balance

On reading
サ
Kun reading
さ.す、さ.し
Radical
工
Illustration of 交差点

交差点

N5

こうさてん

intersection

Illustration of 交ざる

交ざる

N2

まざる

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

Illustration of 交じる

交じる

N2

まじる

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with

Illustration of 交ぜる

交ぜる

N2

まぜる

to be mixed; to be blended with

Illustration of 交替

交替

N2

こうたい

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift