Keyword
sideways
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 8
Heisig1888
Old form橫
Readings
よこ
(91%)
おう
(8%)
Composed of
tree
yellow
Used in vocabulary (306 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 lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to lie down (and rest)
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)
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 cross (e.g. road); to traverse
Yokohama (city)
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
(right at the) side; just beside
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
to look away; to turn away
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
freely; right and left; as one pleases
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop
length and width; length and breadth; every direction; all directions; as one wishes; as one pleases
sweeping sideways; mowing down
turning sideways; landscape orientation
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
falling over; toppling sideways
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
arrogant; haughty; insolent
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
side; flank
breadth; width
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
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
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
interruption; interference; butting in
horizontal banner
carrying (an infant, etc.) horizontally in one's arms; cradling; holding under one's arm
side of the face; side
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
to interrupt; to butt in
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
oblong; landscape orientation
bringing alongside (ship, vehicle, etc.); coming alongside; mooring
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
horizontal script (esp. of a European language); European writing; Roman letters; European language; Western language
interruption; interference; butting in
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
horizontal line
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
sitting with one's legs out to one side
side of the face; side
cutting in line; queue jumping
to interrupt; to butt in
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
horizontal shaking (of an earthquake); rolling (of a boat, aircraft, etc.); swaying
to throw oneself down; to lie down
transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
wickedness; sideways; unreasonable
crosspiece; bar; rail
(running) abreast; side-by-side; in a row; neck and neck; (almost) equal
Yokozuna Deliberation Committee; body that recommends promotion of wrestlers to grand champions
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
to turn sideways
overflowing; inundation
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
(repeated) side stepping (stamina test); side-step test
bringing alongside (ship, vehicle, etc.); coming alongside; mooring
bar set in a horizontal position; horizontal bar
lying on one's side
side stepping; sidling
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
vertical and horizontal; warp and weft (weaving); warp and woof
rank (e.g. of soldiers); horizontal line
arrogant; haughty
loving something but being very bad at it
violent (tragic or accidental) death; dog's death
abscissa; horizontal axis; horizontal scroll
wrestler newly promoted to grand champion
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
cross-sectional; lateral; transverse; transversal; cross-cutting
side boob (side of a woman's breast exposed by clothing)
crosswind; side wind
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
line abreast; rank
grand champion considered to be truly great, usually with over 10 makuuchi tournament wins
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
misappropriation of public funds
wickedness; sideways; unreasonable
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
transverse wave; beam sea
falling over; toppling sideways
shirker; goof-off; goldbricker
perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)); side wheel throw (judo)
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)
moat; horizontal trench
university amateur champion
facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent
trans-Atlantic; trans-Atlantic crossing
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
trans-Pacific; trans-Pacific crossing
sitting with one's legs out to one side
embezzlement; misappropriation; peculation; fraudulent appropriation
square sail
falling over; toppling sideways
crosscut plank; rear part of a noh stage
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope
wall of clouds; bank of clouds
Pacifico Yokohama (convention centre)
transverse valley
holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth
landscape-oriented; transversely oriented
yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)
landscape orientation
side pawn capture (opening)
grand champion filling the rank of champion to keep their number at 2
misappropriation; embezzlement
conveyance (of goods, materials, etc.); holding horizontally (e.g. a smartphone)
horizontal deployment (of techniques, etc.); application to other fields
very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances
transversal; lateral stripes
horizontal friction; strike-slip
side of the face; side
bubo (inflamed swelling in a gland)
falling over; toppling sideways
being very enthusiastic about something but not being good at it
throwing sideways
Yokogawa Bridge Corporation
Yokohama BayStars (Japanese pro baseball team)
(transverse) cross section
interruption; interference; butting in
sweeping sideways; mowing down
something wider than it is high; artwork with a horizontal aspect (e.g. scroll)
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
horizontal typesetting
driving rain
using horizontal characters in vertical writing
School of Diplomacy (school of thought during the Warring States period in China)
flowing into the black market
square pass (soccer); crossing pass; lateral pass
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
sweeping sideways; mowing down
horizontal bar; crosspiece; crossbar; crossrail; rung (of a ladder)
Yokohama National University (abbr)
selfish words; speaking selfishly
freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
No Crossing; Do Not Cross
person crossing (e.g. the road); traverser
being full of vitality (energy); in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient
sleeping on one's side; lying on one's side
transverse process
long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
oblong binding
cross-departmental; cross-functional
being as free as the air; active without any restraint
being very witty; very ingenious and resourceful
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope
transverse abdominal muscle; transversus abdominis muscle
sidestroke (swimming)
Toyoko kids; marginalized, homeless youth who gather around the Shinjuku Toho Building in Kabukicho
sharp-sidelong glance; glare
horizontal typesetting
horizontal (Western) writing
holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth
horizontal beam; stringpiece; trave
being rampant; (evildoers) roaming at will
oblong binding
wicked; evil; wrong; bad
sharp-sidelong glance; glare
area around the Shinjuku Toho Building in Kabukicho
tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
pedestrian bridge; footbridge
round mallet
loving something but being very bad at it
arguing persistently
horizontal stone chamber; corridor-type tunnel tomb
yoko-shiho-gatame (judo hold in which the opponent's shoulders and hips are pinned)
cross member; crosspiece
road crosser; pedestrian crossing the road
Yokohama Rubber Company
traversing horizontally; passing through laterally; running east to west
short and fat; pudgy; stocky
halting speech; stammering; (lit.) (like) rain water (slowly) dripping off a horizontal board
federated search; cross-database search; multi-database search; searching multiple databases at once with a single query
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)
gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)
conveyance (of goods, materials, etc.); holding horizontally (e.g. a smartphone)
being very witty; very ingenious and resourceful
green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps)
green rice leafhopper (Nephotettix cincticeps)
zig-zag rice leafhopper (Recilia dorsalis)
Toyoko Line (between Tokyo and Yokohama)
practice session where grand champion is present
mental characteristics expected of a grand champion
former grand champion's 60th birthday ring-entering ceremony
champion of children's sumo
being full of vitality (energy); in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient
resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; having a keen intellect
wayward (irresponsible) criticisms of political matters by private citizens
prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority)
horizontal structural members (beams, girders, etc.) of a building
side-striped jackal (carnivore, Canis adustus)
either side of a rikishi's mawashi
either side of a rikishi's mawashi
butting in (to a discussion on a message board, mailing list, etc.); reply from someone who has butted in
Metagonimus yokogawai (species of intestinal fluke)
half-pass (horse gait)
leg-yield (horse gait)
double-width size (of text)
joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)
overflowing; flooding
side boob (side of a woman's breast exposed by clothing)
yokohyōgo; yoko-hyogo; extravagant female hairstyle worn by oiran courtesans
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
transverse temporal gyri; ridges on the cerebral cortex; Heschl's gyri; Heschl's convolutions
cross-cut; crossline; transversal; transverse line
writing horizontally from left to right
writing horizontally from left to right
writing horizontally from right to left
writing horizontally from right to left
to hurriedly prepare one's home for guests; (lit.) to clean one's garden with a mallet
underpass; underground crossing
hitting the side of the head (kendo)
deep transverse perineal muscle
superficial transverse perineal muscle
geodetic longitude
Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Yokohama University of Art and Design
Yokoyama Station (Ishikawa)
horizontal deployment (of techniques, etc.); application to other fields
sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
spotstripe snapper (species of fish, Lutjanus ophuysenii)
humpnose big-eye bream (Monotaxis grandoculis); bigeye emperor
Bothrogonia ferruginea (species of leafhopper)
conversing in a foreign language while eating; Western dish; Western food
conversing in a foreign language while eating; Western dish; Western food
Examples (200 in total)
Watching it from the sidelines was pretty fun, so I tagged along.
Watching that sight from the side, I found it rather amusing.
But she shook her head.