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垣根越し

Reading

Kana: かきねごし
Romaji: kakinegoshi
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

adv
1

over the fence (e.g. looking, conducting a conversation)

2

back-fence

Kanji

Readings: エン、 かき
Meanings: hedge, fence, wall
Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね
Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
Readings: エツ、 オツ、 こ.す、 -こ.す、 -ご.し、 こ.える、 -ご.え
Meanings: surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam

Example Sentence

(わたし)時々(ときどき)(となり)(いえ)(ひと)垣根越(かきねご)しに(はなし)をする。
➥I sometimes talk to my neighbor across the fence.
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