Japanese DictionaryDefinition of 横合
- (n) horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down
母親は赤ん坊をベッドに横にした。
The mother laid her baby on the bed. - side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth
道が濡れていたので、車は横にスリップしたにちがいない。
As the road was wet, the car must have slipped sideways. - side (of a box, etc.)
家の横はつたで覆われていた。
The side of the house was covered with ivy. - beside; aside; next to
あの人は眼の横にほくろがある。
That person has a mole at the side of his eye. - unconnected
- (n) 0.18039 litres (liters)
- 0.3306 metres square (meters)
- one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain
- (astron) conjunction
もちろん、実際に「はやぶさ」が太陽に近づいているわけではなく、図のように地球から見て太陽の反対側に位置するだけですが、このような現象を「合」と呼びます。
Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'. - (ctr) counter for covered containers
- counter for matches, battles, etc.
