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
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Used in vocabulary (133 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
roadside; wayside
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
reason; logic; method; system; order
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
mountain road; mountain trail
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
path; route; itinerary
animal trail; game trail
the way back; the way home; return trip
path along a cliff
detour; diversion
loitering on the way; wayside grass
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
hill road
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
along the road; along the way
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
country road
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
branch roads; forked roads; crossroads; two ways (of proceeding)
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
blood vessels
straight road
road for persons of high rank
passage; path; route; one's way
route; way; course; directions
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
road over a mountain pass
shortcut
road through the middle; middle road
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
width of a road
narrow path; narrow lane
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
gravel path; gravel road
path in a field
to lose one's way; to be at a loss
way out; means to escape; escape route
to walk down the road
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
way of life
snow-covered road
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
thorny path
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
roundabout road; curving road
uphill road; ascending road
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
fishing line
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
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
edge of a street
thorny path
way of the sword; swordsmanship
along the road; at the side of the road
trackless path
to ask the way
to hurry on one's way
midway; halfway through; in the course of
old road; ancient road
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
to obstruct one's way
to seek a path; to find one's way
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
long road; far journey
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)
Third Way (in politics)
stony path; stony road
course of action
water way
assorted (female) medical disorders; blood vessels
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.
muddy road
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
downhill road; descending road
the way back
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)
Silk road
roadside grass; roadside weeds; guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
marital virtues
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
removable ramps for trucks
to lead astray; to lure a person to evil ways
hidden path
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
the art of classical Japanese poetry
roadside
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
not to write to or visit someone; (lit.) road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again)
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
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
the part of a province midway from the capital
Examples (143 in total)
Will you please show me the way?
Let's go back the way we came.
It is dangerous to play in the street.