またがる・跨る・股がるmatagaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, intransitive verbto mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride
   馬うまの背せにまたがり野山のやまを走り回はしりまわった。↗

   I rode all over the countryside on horseback.
2. godan verb, intransitive verbto span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
   台風たいふうの被害ひがいは数すう県けんにまたがっていた。↗

   The damage of the typhoon spread over several prefectures.

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• SynonymまたぐNeutralRefers to stepping or striding over something, as in 「水たまりを跨ぐ」; 「跨る」 centers on riding astride or spanning a range.
• SynonymわたるNeutralRefers to crossing over or lasting a period of time, as in 「三日に渡る」; 「跨る」 focuses on spanning.
• Related及ぶおよぶNeutralRefers to influence or scope reaching somewhere; 「跨る」 focuses on spanning multiple fields or regions.
• Antonym跨らないNeutralThe negative form, opposite to 「跨る」 in whether to cross; it means not crossing over and staying within one place.

Use 「跨る」 for riding astride or spanning several regions or fields, as in 「馬に跨る」「三県に跨る」; use 「跨ぐ」 for stepping over something, 「及ぶ」 for influence reaching somewhere, and 「渡る」 for lasting a period of time.

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1. （跨またがる・股またがる）股またを開ひらき両足りょうあしを広ひろげて挟はさむようにして乗のる。
2. （亙わたるがる・渉わたるがる） 時間的じかんてき、空間的くうかんてきに一方いっぽうから他方たほうに至いたる。及およぶ。わたる。ひろがる。