横行

• (Tokyo) おーこー [òókóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːko̞ː]

• (Tokyo) おーぎょー [òógyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ːɡʲo̞ː]

横(おう)行(こう) • (ōkō) ^{←わうかう (waukau)?} (alternative reading hiragana おうぎょう, rōmaji ōgyō, historical hiragana わうぎやう)

1. walking sideways, staggering, striding

   Synonym: 横歩き

2. being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent

横(おう)行(こう)する • (ōkō suru) ^{←わうかう (waukau)?}suru (stem 横(おう)行(こう)し (ōkō shi), past 横(おう)行(こう)した (ōkō shita)) (alternative reading hiragana おうぎょう, rōmaji ōgyō, historical hiragana わうぎやう)

1. walk sideways, stagger, stride
2. be rampant, be widespread, be prevalent
   • 2025 July 31, 松原佳孝, quotee, “中古車「安心」が売り　粗悪な修理　街中で横行”, in 中日新聞（市民版） [Chunichi Shimbun (citizen's edition)], morning edition, number 29690, page 7:

     アフリカでは、詐欺まがいの商売をしたり品質問題を起こしたりする中古車店や修理店も横行している。

     Afurika de wa, sagi-magai no shōbai o shitari hinshitsu mondai o okoshitari suru chūkoshaten ya shūriten mo ōkō shite iru.

     In Africa, there are also many used car dealers and repair shops that engage in fraudulent business practices and have quality issues.

横(おう)行(ぎょう) • (ōgyō) ^{←わうぎやう (waugyau)?}

1. (shogi) side mover (piece used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants)