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交差する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to lines, roads, or paths crossing each other, or the point where they intersect. Used both as a noun and as a suru-verb.

Related words

交まじわるN1sense 1
交差 refers specifically to lines, roads, or paths crossing at a point, while 交わる is a broader verb that can also describe people mingling or relationships intersecting.
クロス sense 1
交差 is the standard, slightly formal term for two lines or paths crossing, while クロス is a casual loanword often used in everyday speech for the same idea.
交こう錯さく
交差 focuses on physical crossing (roads, lines), while 交錯 implies a more complex, often abstract intertwining or mixing.
すれ違ちがうN2
交差する describes paths literally crossing (like roads or lines), while すれ違う describes two moving things passing by without touching.

Opposites

平へい行こうN1sense 1
交差 describes lines or paths that cross each other at a point, whereas 平行 describes lines that run alongside each other and never meet.
並へい行こうN2
交差 means paths crossing or intersecting, the opposite of 並行 where things run alongside each other without meeting.
平へい行こう線せん
交差 means 'to intersect', the geometric opposite of 平行線, which describes lines that never meet.

Don't confuse with

交こう錯さく sense 1
交差 usually refers to two lines or paths simply crossing at one point, while 交錯 suggests multiple things crisscrossing or intermingling in a tangled, complex way.
交かわすN2
交差する is intransitive and describes lines or roads crossing on their own, whereas 交わす is transitive and implies a deliberate crossing, as with swords or glances.