(よこ)

よこ
noun
side, beside, width
1. side, beside
The area next to something.
(わたし)(よこ)(すわ)ってください。
Please sit beside me.
(よこ)()く。
To face sideways.
(えき)(よこ)にコンビニがある。
There's a convenience store beside the station.
(よこ)(なら)んでください。
Please line up side by side.
(よこ)から()る。
To look at from the side.
(かれ)(わたし)(よこ)()っていた。
He was standing beside me.
2. width, horizontal
The horizontal dimension.
(よこ)(なが)い。
It's wide (long horizontally).
(よこ)()きで()いてください。
Please write horizontally.
この(はこ)(よこ)(なん)センチですか。
How many centimeters is the width of this box?
(よこ)(せん)()く。
To draw a horizontal line.
この写真(しゃしん)(よこ)が30センチで(たて)が20センチです。
This photo is 30 centimeters wide and 20 centimeters tall.

(よこ) indicates the horizontal dimension or the area beside something.

SENSE 1 - BESIDE/SIDE:

  • (よこ)(すわ)る: to sit beside
  • (よこ)から()る: to look from the side
  • (よこ)(なら)ぶ: to line up side by side
  • Xの(よこ)に: beside X

SENSE 2 - HORIZONTAL/WIDTH:

  • (よこ)()き: horizontal writing
  • (よこ)(せん): horizontal line
  • (よこ)(なが)い: wide (horizontally long)

OPPOSITE:
(たて) (vertical, length) ↔ (よこ) (horizontal, width)

COMPOUNDS:

  • 横断(おうだん): crossing (横断歩道(ほどう) = crosswalk)
  • 横顔(よこがお): profile (side view of face)