大西洋横断 – vocab dash

大たい西せい洋よう横おう断だん

Meanings

Noun

No-adjective

1. trans-Atlantic; trans-Atlantic crossing

Kanji used

大large 西west 洋ocean 横sideways 断be cut off

Composed of

大たい西せい洋よう

Atlantic Ocean

Noun

横おう断だん

crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); cutting across; intersecting (e.g. a railway track); crossing (east-west); traversing; travelling across; flying across (e.g. the Pacific); sailing across; cutting horizontally; …

Noun

Examples2

リンドバーグの大たい西せい洋よう横おう断だん無む着ちゃく陸りく単たん独どく飛ひ行こうはめざましい偉い業ぎょうであった。

Lindbergh's solo nonstop transatlantic flight was a remarkable accomplishment.

幸こう運うんに恵めぐまれず、飛ひ行こう機きの操そう縦じゅうに明あかるくなかったならば、リンドバーグは大たい西せい洋よう横おう断だん飛ひ行こうに成せい功こうすることはできなかっただろう。

If it hadn't been for Lindbergh's luck and his knowledge of flying, he could never have succeeded in crossing the Atlantic.