How to say "across" in Japanese

• かなたCommon
  pronounIts 'across' sense is the distant one: something far away on the other side of a broad space, blending with 'beyond' and 'the distance'. Usually written in kana alone.
  船ふねは、水平線すいへいせんの彼方かなたに消きえた。↗

  The ship disappeared beyond the horizon.
• 越しごしCommon
  noun (suffix)Covers 'across' as being or acting over, through, or beyond something that intervenes — the thing crossed lies between you and what you see, reach, or do.
  彼かれは眼鏡めがねごしに彼女かのじょを見みた。↗

  He looked at her over his glasses.

Choose 「かなた」 when 'across' points to something far away on the other side of a distance, and 「越し」 when it describes being or moving across, over, or through something in between.

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• かなたbeyond
• 越しごしacross
• アクロスacross
• を介してをかいしてthrough (e.g. an intermediary, a medium)
• 横によこにacross