How to Say ‘Across departments’ in Japanese
部署をこえて
busho o koe te
[boo-shoh oh koh-eh teh]
💬 Usage Tip: 〜をこえて means "beyond/across ~," so 部署をこえて means "across departments." You can reuse it with other boundaries, like 世代をこえて "across generations."
Phrase Breakdown
部署
busho
[boo-shoh]
department; division
A section or team within a company.
部署をこえて協力する文化があります。
There is a culture of cooperating across departments.
を
o
[oh]
object marker
Marks the noun as the thing being crossed or gone beyond.
部署をこえて交流があります。
There is interaction across departments.
こえ
koe
[koh-eh]
cross; go beyond
Verb stem meaning to cross over or go beyond boundaries.
部署をこえて話しやすい環境です。
It is an environment where it is easy to talk across departments.
て
te
[teh]
and; -ing form ending
Connects the verb stem to continue the action, as in 'crossing' or 'going beyond.'
部署をこえて連携しています。
They collaborate across departments.
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