どう
Meanings
Noun
1. 物体が一定の法則に従い描く道筋。
2. 列車などが通る道。
3. 物事が進行する一定の方向。
Kanji used
tracks
roadway
Pitch accent
どう
Top 5700
Composed of
rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
Used in vocabulary (30 in total)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
Examples (4 in total)
The artificial satellite was launched into orbit.
The orbit around Sirius is elliptical.
A satellite was launched into orbit to monitor melting glaciers.