みち
Meanings
Noun
1. 道。道筋。
Pitch accent
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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
① 道の端の辺り。
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)
① 物事の道理。② 物事を行う上での正しい順序。
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
① 田と田の間の小道。
① 堅実に物事をすること。② 普通の速さで歩くこと。なみあし。
① 本道から分かれた細い道。② 本筋から外れることのたとえ。
① 通っていく道。② 発端から結論に至るまでの判断などの展開の順序。
① 獣の通り道。野生動物の往来で偶然にできる山中の細い道。
① 帰る際に通る道。
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
① 舞台設備の一つ。観客席を貫いて正面舞台へと連なる通路状の舞台。② 相撲で、力士が支度部屋から土俵への通路。
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
① ほかの道に比べ早く行ける道。近道。捷径。② ほかの方法に比べ時間の掛からない方法。近道。捷径。
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
① 雪の積もった道路。
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
① 夜の道。また、そこを歩くこと。
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
① 行く時の道。往路。② 使い道。
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
① 日本の登記上、地番が付けられてなく、登記所の地図で道とされている土地のこと。登記所の地図のもとにあたる図面において、赤で塗られていたことに由来する。道としての機能を持つものは里道とも呼ばれる。法的には国有地となる。
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
① 斑猫の別称。
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.