わたる – Vocabulary details

わたる

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to cross over; to go across

occ. written as 渉る

あの川かわは絶ぜっ対たいに渡わたれない。That river absolutely cannot be crossed.

2. to extend; to cover; to range; to span

occ. written as 亘る or 亙る

彼かれの研けん究きゅうは多おおくの分ぶん野やにわたる。His research spans many fields.

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たる

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

long (time); longstanding; for a long time

to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics

ここをわたりましょう。

Let's cross here.

彼かれは道みちをわたった。

He crossed the street.

ここから向むこうへわたれそう。

It looks like we can cross over to the other side from here.

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