road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

11 strokesFrequency 207JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ドウトウ

Kun

みちいう

Nanori

みつおさむ

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

road-way

Constituents

drop
horns
road
eye
neck

Mnemonic Stories

Out on the road-way, I'm risking my neck driving in this traffic.

A traffic jam on this specific road-way creates a bottle_neck_ that chokes the flow of cars for miles.

Dictionary

Common Words

NounFreq #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

酷い非道い~い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #687
1

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe

Examples
この薬はひどい味がする。
This medicine tastes horrible.
2

violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme

3

very bad; terrible; awful

4

excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

道具うぐNounFreq #1808
1

tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device

Examples
この道具はなんの役にもたたない。
This tool is good for nothing.
2

means

3

furniture

道路うろNounFreq #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.
道理うりNounFreq #4843
1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

Examples
どうしてお前は道理に従おうとしないのか。
Why will you not listen to reason?
帰り道帰り路えりみちNounFreq #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.
NounFreq #5401
1

Abbreviation

road; path; street; route

2

way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself

3

Abbreviation; In Japanese schools

moral education

4

Buddhist teachings

5

Taoism

6

administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

7

Historical term

administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)

8

province (administrative region of Korea)

9

circuit (administrative region of China)

10

Historical term

province (Tang-era administrative region of China)

道中うちゅうNounFreq #5535
1

journey; trip; travels

Examples
道中御無事を祈ります。
I wish you a good journey.
2

Adverb (fukushi)

during the journey; on the way; while travelling

軌道どうNounFreq #5672
1

Astronomy; Physics

orbit; trajectory

Examples
その衛星は地球の軌道を10周した。
The satellite made 10 orbits of the earth.
2

(railroad) track

3

(right) track; proper course

道都どうとNounFreq #6154
1

capital of Hokkaido (i.e. Sapporo)

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