横断

おうだん

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track)

JLPT N3 common word

Meaning

nvsvi
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track)
nvsvi
crossing (east-west); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across
nvsvt
cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally

Example sentences

老婦人は、道路を横断するのを手伝ったことに対して、私に感謝した。

The old lady thanked me for helping her across the road.
老婦人が道を横断している。

An old woman is walking across the road.
彼女は老人が横断するのに手を貸してあげた。

She helped the old man across.