クロス

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クロスする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

cross; X shape

Refers to the shape of a cross, an X mark, or something that crosses. Common in compound words like クロスワード (crossword).

Used for roads, lines, or paths that cross each other. Also used as a suru-verb for the action of crossing or intersecting.

Sports term: a pass swung from the wing into the penalty area in soccer.

〈場ば所しょ〉で道みちがクロスするfor roads/lines to cross at a place
この交こう差さ点てんで二ふたつの道みちがクロスしている。
The two roads cross at this intersection.
クロスを上あげるto deliver a cross (in soccer)
サイドの選せん手しゅが正せい確かくなクロスを上あげた。
The winger delivered an accurate cross.
クロスに合あわせるto meet/connect with a cross (to score from it)
彼かれはクロスに合あわせてヘディングで決きめた。
He met the cross with a header to score.

交こう差さN2sense 2
交差 is the standard native-Japanese word for two lines or roads crossing, while クロス is the casual loanword used for the same idea and also for X-shapes and sports plays.
十じゅう字じ sense 1
十字 specifically means a cross or plus-sign shape (as in 十字架), while クロス is the looser loanword covering the same shape as well as crossing lines and sports terms.
センタリング sense 3
センタリング is another common soccer term for the same pass swung into the penalty area that クロス describes.
壁かべ紙がみ
クロス is the everyday word interior workers use for wall-covering material, while 壁紙 emphasizes the printed pattern/design aspect of that same covering.
クルス
クロス is a modern English-derived loanword used broadly for cross shapes and crossings in many fields, whereas クルス specifically evokes Christian or historical Japanese contexts.

グロス
グロス (gross, a unit of 144) sounds almost identical to クロス but has a completely unrelated meaning about quantity, not shape or crossing.

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

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Loanword from English 'cross', adopted into Japanese with katakana spelling クロス.