縦断|じゅうだんjuudan[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbrunning through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
Conjugation
Dictionary form縦断する(じゅうだんする)
Polite (masu)縦断します(じゅうだんします)
Negative (nai)縦断しない(じゅうだんしない)
polite (masen)縦断しません(じゅうだんしません)
classical zu / nu縦断せず・縦断せぬ(じゅうだんせず・じゅうだんせぬ)
Past (ta)縦断した(じゅうだんした)
polite (mashita)縦断しました(じゅうだんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)縦断しなかった(じゅうだんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)縦断しませんでした(じゅうだんしませんでした)
Te form縦断して(じゅうだんして)
Potential縦断できる(じゅうだんできる)
Passive縦断される(じゅうだんされる)
Causative縦断させる(じゅうだんさせる)
Causative passive縦断させられる(じゅうだんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)縦断すれば(じゅうだんすれば)
tara縦断したら(じゅうだんしたら)
Volitional縦断しよう(じゅうだんしよう)
polite (mashou)縦断しましょう(じゅうだんしましょう)
Imperative縦断しろ(じゅうだんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymわたるNeutralA verb for crossing a river or road, also used for extending over a range; the focus is on getting across to the other side, not on direction.
  • Related横切るよこぎるNeutralA verb for crossing something sideways, as in 「道を横切る」 or 「砂漠を横切る」. 「縦断」 is reserved for running through lengthwise, north to south.
  • Antonym横断おうだんNeutralAntonym: running east-west, opposite in direction to the north-south run of 「縦断」.

Use 「縦断」 for running through a region lengthwise, north to south, as in 「台風が列島を縦断する」 or 「日本縦断」. For east-west crossings use 「横断」; for crossing sideways use the verbs 「横切る」 or 「渡る」, the latter stressing getting to the other side.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 縦たての方向ほうこうに断ち切たちきること。
  2. 縦たてまたは南北なんぼくの方向ほうこうに通り抜とおりぬけること。
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