Kanji
Readingどう
Frequency58%
Used in (688 in total)
tool; implement; means; furniture
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
chivalry; samurai code
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
road; highway
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga); path in the heavens
sorcerer; wizard; mage
railroad; railway; rail transport
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
mountain road; mountain trail
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
unjust; inhuman
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
(Catholic) nun; sister
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
subterranean tunnel
national highway
Shinto; Shintoism
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
road approaching a shrine
tea ceremony; Way of Tea
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
kyudo; Japanese archery
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
second-hand shop; curio shop
promenade; esplanade
calligraphy
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
urethral opening; urinary meatus
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
a person of high morals; a Taoist
guidepost; signpost
pedestrian bridge
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
military rule
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
going with; accompanying
side road; shortcut
learning; studying the fine arts
main street; avenue
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
respiratory tract; air duct
roadside; wayside; route
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
street performing
normal practice; proper practice
uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
morality; moral principles
trackless; reckless; dissipated
main road; main thoroughfare
street performer (comedian)
martial arts stadium
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
flower arrangement
prefectural road
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
paved road; paved street
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
aqueduct; water bridge
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
highway route (Edo period); main route
martial artist
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
mountain trail; path up a mountain
Taoism; Daoism
to jest; to clown (around)
village road
set of tools (implements); kit; outfit
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
toilet articles; makeup kit
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
seeking after truth
old road; ancient road; ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning
railroad corporation; railway company
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
birth canal
Asura realm; scene of carnage
investigator; one who seeks the way
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
news department
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
information media; press; news organs
news program; news programme
water and sewer services
old furniture; curios; secondhand goods
Dao Zang; Taoist canon
to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
evangelist; evangelistic worker
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
on the road; side of the road; roadside
subway; tube; underground railroad; underground railway
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
moon's path
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
one road; ray (of hope)
sense of morality; moral sense
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
railroad network; railroad system
within Hokkaido
preparation of tools
press officer; press secretary
humanism; humanitarianism
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
large, bald-headed monster; giant; large, bald man; big baldy; large monk
private road; driveway
buffoon; jester
monk; member of religious order
animal realm; unforgivable action; indefensible lifestyle; incest
service road; frontage road
kendo gi; kendo uniform
world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins
morally; from the moral point of view
the principle of the thing
judo gi; judo uniform
hungry ghost (preta) realm
moral sense
horse-drawn streetcar
continuous track; caterpillar track
male homosexuality; pederasty
martial arts school situated in a town
romance (e.g. the Arthurian romances)
the 8 districts of feudal Japan
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
prefectural office (Hokkaido)
(ballistic) missile
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
geostationary orbit; geosynchronous orbit
plane of the ecliptic
high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
cookware; cooking gear
side of the road; roadside
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
news bureau; press bureau
humaneness; human realm
river channel; floodway
railway station; train station
virtuous person
road maintenance; road improvement
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM
incident-filled journey
waterworks bureau; water department
railroad track; rail line
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)
low orbit; low earth orbit; LEO
official ethics
supply line; supply of provisions
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
the way of karate; karate
judo practitioner; judoka
Taoist temple
versification; tanka poetry
deceptive methods; questionable means
conduit; pipe; duct; vessel
to stand to reason
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
disused road; abandoned road
city road; municipal road
(the path of spiritual) enlightenment
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)
railroad operating over private tracks
the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way
propman; sceneshifter
naraka (hell) realm
Tokyo municipal road
newspaper report; press reporting
iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword)
moving walkway; moving sidewalk; travelator
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
Hokkaido Prefectural Police
handcar railroad; handcar railway
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
railway vehicle; railroad vehicle
asphalt road; blacktop; tarmac road
ceremony to celebrate crossing the equator
Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; highway running through the Hokuriku region
low latitudes; equatorial region
traffic infringement; traffic law violation
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
television report
cableway; ropeway; aerial lift; cable car
plank road; corduroy
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
declaration
boardwalk (e.g. over marshy ground); wooden causeway
Saikaidō (alt. name for the Kyūshū region)
the art of medicine
ancient Japanese martial arts
greenway; greenwalk
(artistic) accomplishments
duty of a teacher
equatorial telescope
road (highway) map
hydrant; faucet; tap
cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
this art or field of study
brutality; inhumanity
wrong course; evil course
having a weakness for fine clothes
the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
(public) morals and sentiments
train buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan
narrow-gauge railway; light railway
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
traditional incense-smelling ceremony
straight path (that people should take); straight road
Cheondoism; Chondoism; Korean religion
womanizing; debauchery; philandering
moral poem
filial piety
railway police; railroad police
rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail
the seven districts of ancient Japan
residential road; residential street; neighborhood road
external auditory canal; ear canal; external auditory meatus
moral sense; wife of a monk
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
noble eightfold path
biased coverage; biased media account; bias in reporting
monks and laity
road network; highway network; highway network system
knight wizard; mage knight
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
instruments of torture
sexual passion
chimney; flue
the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts)
being of firm (unshakable) faith and strict practice
the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
long walk; roundabout way
inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
path of virtue; righteousness
monk's self-chosen pseudonym
street vendor; peddler; hawker
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
Sklavenmoral (slave morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
all Hokkaido
attaining salvation
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist
the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan
reporter; mediaperson
middle-of-the-roaders; neutrals
unreasonableness; absurdity; irrationality
bicycle path; bicycle lane; bikeway
monasticism; monastic life
the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence
art of shogi (go)
false reporting; fake news
violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious
art of painting
imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; I; me
upper respiratory tract; upper airway
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
railroad construction work
intermediate-range ballistic missile; IRBM
military road
being good; being virtuous; virtuous person
Confucianism
six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning
pre-ejaculate; Cowper's fluid; pre-cum
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
woman's duties
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
left-of-center faction (group)
there are no shortcuts in learning
investigative journalism
prefectural road
ballistic missile defence; ballistic missile defense
dōkegata (kabuki jester)
right-of-center faction (group); center-right (centre)
octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
evangelist; gospeler; gospeller
auxiliary logging road
very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason
Herrenmoral (master morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
lock pick; lock-opening tools
central Hokkaido
administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states
sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen
traffic sign painted on the road
of strict morals (moral principles); highly moral
street (soapbox) oratory; stump oratory
performance calligraphy; large-scale team calligraphy combined with music and dance
prodigal daughter; daughter of loose morals
the imperial way; principles of imperial rule
elevated railroad; elevated railway
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing
humanity and justice; benevolence and righteousness
very auspicious day for all types of occasions
the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
offensive weapons
Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
anti-ballistic (missile)
truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)
railway police (Japan); Railway Police Force
road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)
Hokkaido dog; dog breed native to Hokkaido
railroad facility; railway equipment
vagina; love-making technique
folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
Gyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea); North Gyeongsang Province
the laws of nature and humanity
humanitarian aid; humanitarian assistance; humanitarian relief
moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
four kinds of birth in the six destinies
Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment
water supply industry
Equatorial Guinea
people (esp. kids) who spend a lot of time in the streets (of their residential areas), being noisy; group of politicians who support highway construction interests; (lit.) highway tribe
dangerous road
practical ethics (morality)
Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
heliocentric orbit; circumsolar orbit
love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing
(national) road in poor condition
drama; dramatic art
jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff
Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; Zen teachings; Zen
long, straight, wide-open highway
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
gray-water system; grey-water system; recycled waste-water
unreasonable and unjust; unconscionable
inner practice hall (for Buddhism; on the imperial palace grounds)
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
Order of Friars Minor; Franciscans
Dominican Order; Order of Preachers
geosynchronous orbit
Jeollanam-do (South Korea); South Jeolla Province
abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious
member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
form of modern martial art using the bayonet
pedestrian bridge; footbridge
truth of the way to the cessation of suffering
Taoism and Buddhism
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
urethritis; inflammation of the urethra
the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period)
flight path of a butterfly
Chungcheongbuk-do (South Korea); North Chungcheong Province
international humanitarian law; IHL
moral sense; sense of morality
argument from morality (for the existence of God)
member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
outer ring road; orbital road
Jeollabuk-do (South Korea); North Jeolla Province
Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice)
semi-major axis (esp. in orbital matters)
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
lachrymal passage (lacrimal, lacrymal)
instrumentalism
study of calculation (ritsuryo period); the way of calculation
medical missionary work
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province
(highway) overpass
judo therapy; traditional non-surgical osteopathic tissue and bone manipulation therapy
Gyeonggi-do (South Korea); Gyeonggi Province
Chungcheongnam-do (South Korea); South Chungcheong Province
Gyeongsangnam-do (South Korea); South Gyeongsang Province
lower respiratory tract; lower airway
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
bon voyage; have a nice trip
aikido practitioner
molecular orbital; MO
respiratory tract infection; RTI
stagehand; sceneshifter
companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
ICO; Intermediate Circular Orbit
vocal tract
medical missionary work
system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space
prop master; property master
bicycle path; bicycle lane; bikeway
wild behavior; wild behaviour
prefectural senior high school (in Hokkaido); public senior high school (in Hokkaido)
member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
double standard of morality
Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
equatorial countercurrent
cycling track; cycling road
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly elections
loris (esp. a slow loris)
elevated railway; overhead railway
path taken by school of fish; fish ladder; fishway
(under) Hokkaidō prefectural management
calligraphy dictionary
log slide; chute; flume
road flooding; flooded roads
drift (mining); driftway
incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.)
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
revenue source set aside for road construction
prefectural tax (of Hokkaido)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)
conventional morality; conventional morals
semi-minor axis (esp. in orbital matters)
Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)
moral decadence (decline, corruption)
cable railway; funicular railway
take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland
drift (mining); driftway
indeed; it's no wonder
bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
male homosexuality; pederasty
homosexuality; pederasty
study of the calendar; way of the calendar
male homosexuality; pederasty