横取り【よこどり】
snatching, stealing, seizure, usurpation
横綱【よこづな】
yokozuna (highest rank in sumo), grand champion, best in its field, crème de la crème, cream of the crop
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), crossing (east-west), traversing, travelling across, flying across (e.g. the Pacific), sailing across, cutting horizontally, sectioning laterally
縦横【じゅうおう】
length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, longitude and latitude, vertical and horizontal, four cardinal points, every direction, as one wishes, as one pleases, at will, warp and weft, warp and woof
横断歩道【おうだんほどう】
pedestrian crossing, crosswalk
横顔【よこがお】
profile, face in profile, face seen from the side, (personal) profile, (biographical) sketch, outline (of someone's life)
横書き【よこがき】
writing horizontally, horizontal writing
横文字【よこもじ】
horizontal script (esp. of a European language), European writing, Roman letters, European language, Western language
横切る【よこぎる】
to cross (e.g. road), to traverse
横道【よこみち】
byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression
横たわる【よこたわる】
to lie down, to stretch out, to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.), to lie in wait
横ばい【よこばい】
sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab), crawling sideways, leafhopper (insect), jassid, sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes), levelling off (of prices, etc.), stabilizing
横領【おうりょう】
embezzlement, misappropriation, usurpation
横柄【おうへい】
arrogant, haughty, insolent
横幅【よこはば】
breadth, width
横手【よこて】
side, beside, feature of a sword blade
横目【よこめ】
sidelong glance, short grain (paper)
横断幕【おうだんまく】
horizontal banner
専横【せんおう】
arbitrariness, despotism, high-handedness, tyranny
横暴【おうぼう】
violence, oppression, high-handedness, tyranny, despotism
