橋はし渡わたし

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

mediation; go-between; intermediary; bridge between

Used for serving as a bridge between people, organizations, fields, or ideas. Common in phrases such as 橋渡し役 and AとBの橋渡しをする.

• そのNPOは、地ち域いき住じゅう民みんと行ぎょう政せいの橋はし渡わたしをしている。

  That NPO acts as a bridge between local residents and the government.

• 彼かの女じょは研けん究きゅう者しゃと企き業ぎょうの橋はし渡わたし役やくになった。

  She became a go-between for researchers and companies.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

building a bridge; bridge construction

Literal use meaning putting up or providing a bridge. It is much less common than the figurative mediation sense; 橋を架ける or 架橋 is often used for ordinary bridge-building contexts.

• 土ど木ぼくの文ぶん脈みゃくでは、「橋はし渡わたし」が文も字じどおり橋はしを架かけることを指さす場ば合あいがある。

  In civil-engineering contexts, 橋渡し can literally refer to building a bridge.