Kanji横
Readingよこ
Frequency91%
Used in (176 in total)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to lie down (and rest)
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
(right at the) side; just beside
Yokohama (city)
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to look away; to turn away
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
sweeping sideways; mowing down
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
turning sideways; landscape orientation
falling over; toppling sideways
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
side; flank
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
breadth; width
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
interruption; interference; butting in
carrying (an infant, etc.) horizontally in one's arms; cradling; holding under one's arm
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
side of the face; side
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
to interrupt; to butt in
oblong; landscape orientation
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
bringing alongside (ship, vehicle, etc.); coming alongside; mooring
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
sitting with one's legs out to one side
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
cutting in line; queue jumping
side of the face; side
horizontal line
transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
wickedness; sideways; unreasonable
crosspiece; bar; rail
to throw oneself down; to lie down
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
(running) abreast; side-by-side; in a row; neck and neck; (almost) equal
(repeated) side stepping (stamina test); side-step test
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
to turn sideways
bar set in a horizontal position; horizontal bar
horizontal shaking (of an earthquake); rolling (of a boat, aircraft, etc.); swaying
side stepping; sidling
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
loving something but being very bad at it
abscissa; horizontal axis; horizontal scroll
side boob (side of a woman's breast exposed by clothing)
vertical and horizontal; warp and weft (weaving); warp and woof
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
crosswind; side wind
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
length and breadth; length and width; warp and weft; warp and woof
to have one's own way (against all reason); to push through an unreasonable idea
perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); side wheel throw (judo)
transverse wave; beam sea
side pawn capture (opening)
crosscut plank; rear part of a noh stage
wall of clouds; bank of clouds
moat; horizontal trench
being very enthusiastic about something but not being good at it
holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth
landscape-oriented; transversely oriented
facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent
landscape orientation
transversal; lateral stripes
yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)
throwing sideways
grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins
horizontal deployment (of techniques, etc.); application to other fields
bubo (inflamed swelling in a gland)
horizontal typesetting
something wider than it is high; artwork with a horizontal aspect (e.g. scroll)
using horizontal characters in vertical writing
conveyance (of goods, materials, etc.); holding horizontally (e.g. a smartphone)
driving rain
flowing into the black market
horizontal bar; crosspiece; crossbar; crossrail; rung (of a ladder)
sleeping on one's side; lying on one's side
oblong binding
sharp-sidelong glance; glare
square pass (soccer); crossing pass; lateral pass
sidestroke (swimming)
Yokohama BayStars (Japanese pro baseball team)
horizontal beam; stringpiece; trave
wicked; evil; wrong; bad
round mallet
Yokohama National University (abbr)
grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2
horizontal stone chamber; corridor-type tunnel tomb
short and fat; pudgy; stocky
wrestler newly promoted to grand champion
cross member; crosspiece
Pacifico Yokohama (convention centre)
tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
halting speech; stammering; (lit.) (like) rain water (slowly) dripping off a horizontal board
Toyoko Line (between Tokyo and Yokohama)
Yokohama University of Art and Design
former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony
university amateur champion
hitting the side of the head (kendo)
half-pass (horse gait)
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
leg-yield (horse gait)
writing horizontally from right to left
writing horizontally from left to right
Yokozuna Deliberation Committee; body that recommends promotion of wrestlers to grand champions
champion of children's sumo
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
either side of a rikishi's mawashi
horizontal friction; strike-slip
butting in (to a discussion on a message board, mailing list, etc.); reply from someone who has butted in
side boob (side of a woman's breast exposed by clothing)
yokohyōgo; yoko-hyogo; extravagant female hairstyle worn by oiran courtesans
side-striped jackal (carnivore, Canis adustus)
mental characteristics expected of a grand champion
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
Yokogawa Bridge Corporation
double-width size (of text)
Yokohama Rubber Company
joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)
skewering horizontally (e.g. fish); skewer with meat skewered on horizontally; coordination across separate sectors (of an organization, division, etc.); cross-boundary linkage; horizontal integration
practice session where grand champion is present
to hurriedly prepare one's home for guests; (lit.) to clean one's garden with a mallet
horizontal deployment (of techniques, etc.); application to other fields
gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)
green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps)
zig-zag rice leafhopper (Recilia dorsalis)
Bothrogonia ferruginea (species of leafhopper)
conversing in a foreign language while eating; Western dish; Western food
humpnose big-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculis); bigeye emperor
sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)
Yokoyama Station (Ishikawa)