またがる (うまを～)

またがる (うまを～) · matagaru (umawo～) · JLPT N1 · noun

straddle

🐎 股 (mata) means thigh: to straddle is to hold your thighs across something, like a horse

The object takes を, so the horse is the thing straddled, as in 馬を跨ぐ. The root mata (また) comes from 股, the word for thigh.

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