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跨る (またがる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
straddle ; sit astride ; mount
usually written using kana alone
Used for physically sitting or standing with legs on either side of something, such as a horse, bicycle, or fence.
が
自じ
転てん
車しゃ
に
跨またが
っ
て
いる
。
The child is sitting astride the bicycle.
2
godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb
extend over ; span ; spread over
usually written using kana alone
Used for abstract or spatial extension, such as a bridge spanning a river, a project covering multiple years, or a topic that extends into various fields.
Written forms 跨またが る Usage 8%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
またがる Usage 87%
Kana spelling is common; usually written in kana.
跨また がる Usage 5%
Alternate kanji form with が added; high priority.
股また がる
Rare kanji form using 股 (crotch/thigh); not a common spelling.
Kanji 跨 be, sit or stand astride, extend over Etymology Derived from 股 (また, crotch/thigh) and the verb suffix がる, indicating a state of being astride. The kanji 跨 is a phono-semantic compound with 足 (foot) and the phonetic 夸, meaning to straddle.
