縦断 じゅうだん running through (north-south) #13,504 Meanings noun, takes する, intransitive running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across noun, takes する, transitive cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally Its kanji 縦 ジュウ · たて vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward 断 ダン · た.つ、ことわ.る、さだ.める severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting