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JLPT N2
Grade 3

Meanings

path
route
road
distance

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
-じ
みち

Common Words

Noun
Freq #352
1

road; path; street; lane; passage

Examples
は急斜面をジグザグにのぼっていた。
The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
2

route; way

Examples
人生は重い荷を背負って遠いを行くようなものだ。
One's life is like going far with a burden on one's back.
3

distance; journey

4

road (e.g. to victory); course

5

way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles

6

teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma

7

field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality

8

means; way; method

うろ
Noun
Freq #3208
1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

Examples
これが海への通路だ。
This is the passage to the sea.
うろ
Noun
Freq #4408
1

road; highway

Examples
その崖は道路の上に突き出ている。
The cliff hangs over the road.
露路
Noun
Freq #5130
1

alley; alleyway; lane

Examples
市の北のはずれは路地の迷路である。
The northernmost part of the city is a maze of alleys.
2

path through a gate or garden

3

路地 only

teahouse garden

帰り路
えりみち
Noun
Freq #5345
1

the way back; the way home; return trip

Examples
彼女は帰り道がわからなかった。
She could not find her way back.
んろ
Noun
Freq #5410
1

route; course; path

Examples
どの進路を選んでも危険が待ち受けている。
Whichever way we choose will involve danger.
2

one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

Examples
進路のことで先生に助言を求めた。
I asked my teacher for advice on my future course.
じょう
Noun
Freq #7858
1

on the road; on the street; in the street

Examples
路上の血痕は俺のものに違いない。
The blood on the road must be mine.
2

on the way

じょう
Noun
Freq #7858
1

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

On the Road (novel by Jack Kerouac)

Suffix
Freq #9278
1

route; road

2

distance travelled in a day

3

one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

いろ
Noun
Freq #10111
1

maze; labyrinth

Examples
市の北のはずれは路地の迷路である。
The northernmost part of the city is a maze of alleys.
2

inner ear

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