横から – vocab dash

横よこから

Meanings

Expression

1. from one's side; from the side (of something)

2. from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

Kanji used

横sideways

Composed of

横よこ

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected

Noun

から

from; since; at; through (e.g. a window, door); via; by; because; as; so; therefore; …

Particle

Examples3

横よこから口くちを差さしはさむな。

Don't cut in with your remarks.

車くるまが１台だい横よこから割わり込こんできた。

A car cut in.

この建たて物ものは正しょう面めんから見みると大おおきいが横よこから見みるとそうでもない。

This building looks large from the front, but not from the side.