みち
Meanings
Noun
1. road; path; street; lane; passage
2. route; way
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
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (140 in total)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
along the way; along the road
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
path; lane
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
reason; logic; method; system; order
animal trail; game trail
detour; circuitous route; diversion
loitering on the way; wayside grass
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
along the road; along the way
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
mountain road; mountain trail
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
passage; path; route; one's way
the way back; the way home; return trip
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
hill road
following the road; the way the road goes
blood vessels
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
roadside; wayside
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
passage; path; route; one's way
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping; coat worn over a woman's kimono
narrow path; narrow lane
way out; means to escape; escape route
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
to walk down the road
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
way of life
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
thorny path
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
path in a field
to lose one's way; to be at a loss
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
middle of the road; on the road; on the way (to one's destination)
to lose one's way; to get lost
street at night; making a night journey
direct unforked road; straight path
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
route; way; course; directions
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
width of a road
edge of a street
snow-covered road
thorny path
way of the sword; swordsmanship
along the road; at the side of the road
to open a pathway (to); to find a way (to); to open the door (to); to pave the way (for)
trackless path
to ask for directions; to ask the way
to hurry on one's way
country road
gravel path; gravel road
halfway (through, complete); midway
road over a mountain pass
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
old road; ancient road
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
shortcut
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
to obstruct one's way
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
to seek a path; to find one's way
long road; far journey
side of the road; roadside
path along a cliff
route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere)
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
course of action
stony path; stony road
assorted (female) medical disorders; blood vessels
water way
muddy road
street with tramline; railroad track; railroading the opponent straight out of the ring
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
roundabout road; curving road
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
uphill road; ascending road
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
downhill road; descending road
the way back
branch roads; forked roads; crossroads; two ways (of proceeding)
road through the middle; middle road
fishing line
straight road
half a ri (measure of length); halfway
art of tanka poetry
independent living; means of earning one's living
to make a road; to give an elementary lesson
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
Steppe Route (precursor to the Silk Road)
Silk Road; Silk Route
muddy racetrack; overly wet racetrack; racetrack in bad condition; road in poor condition; miry road; muddy road
road for persons of high rank
roadside grass; roadside weeds; guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
pilgrimage route; pilgrimage road
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
removable ramps for trucks
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
winter road; roads in the winter
to lead astray; to lure a person to evil ways
hidden path
not writing or visiting someone; (lit.) road of the weasel
the art of classical Japanese poetry
path of the wind
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen
to stray from the path of righteousness
roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)
form of gagaku performed while marching
road leveling; road levelling
Third Way (in politics)
route step
Hamari Michi (manga by Sensha Yoshida)
Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles)
side road; shortcut
the part of a province furthest from the capital
the part of a province closest to the capital
part of a province midway from the capital
Examples (146 in total)
The road is blocked.
Will you please show me the way?
Let's go back the way we came.