noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. mediation, good offices, go-between, intermediary, mediator, bridge (between).
  2. building a bridge.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
橋渡し はしわたし
 
 
 
橋わたし はしわたし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

bridge
はし キョウ ばせ (3rd, N2)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
high, boasting
キョウ たか.い たかし (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
drink
の.む トン (Kentei Pre-1)
early death, calamity
ヨウ オウ カ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
transit, ford, ferry
わた.る わたり ト (7th, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
degrees, occurrence, time
ド タク たび (3rd, N4)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)