どう
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. road; path; street; route
2. way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself
3. Buddhist teachings
4. Taoism
5. modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
6. historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
7. province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
8. province (modern administrative region of Korea)
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (208 in total)
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
road approaching a shrine
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
tool; implement; means; furniture
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
unjust; inhuman
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
Tokyo municipal road
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
railroad; railway; rail transport
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
humanity; sidewalk; footpath
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
town road
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts)
calligraphy
going with; accompanying
subterranean tunnel
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
Asura realm; scene of carnage
hungry ghost (preta) realm
art of painting
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
chivalry
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
a person of high morals; a Taoist
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
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
within Hokkaido
animal realm; unforgivable action; indefensible lifestyle; incest
service road; frontage road
declaration
sexual passion
monk's self-chosen pseudonym
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist
imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; I; me
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
chivalry; samurai code
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)
the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)
mountain road; mountain trail
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
roadway
Shinto; Shintoism
tea ceremony; Way of Tea
kyudo; Japanese archery
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
promenade; esplanade
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
esophagus; gullet; esophageal
guidepost; signpost
military rule
side road; shortcut
main street; avenue
main street; avenue
respiratory tract; air duct
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
flower arrangement
uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
paved road; paved street
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
morality; moral principles
prefectural road
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
mountain trail; path up a mountain
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
Taoism; Daoism
road sign; signpost
birth canal
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
new road
politics
farm road
Dao Zang; Taoist canon
subway; tube; underground railroad; underground railway
moon's path
one road; ray (of hope)
Buddhism; Buddhist teachings
public highway; local street; open road; ordinary road
village road
conduit; pipe; duct; vessel
on the road
private road; driveway
on the road; side of the road; roadside
world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
a Taoist
moral sense
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
male homosexuality; pederasty
male homosexuality; pederasty
prefectural office (Hokkaido)
the 8 districts of feudal Japan
to stand to reason
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
humaneness; human realm
supply line; supply of provisions
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
the way of karate; karate
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
city road; municipal road
expressway; motorway
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
naraka (hell) realm
iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword)
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; highway running through the Hokuriku region
cableway; ropeway; aerial lift; cable car
plank road; corduroy
boardwalk (e.g. over marshy ground); wooden causeway
the art of medicine
(artistic) accomplishments
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
duty of a teacher
Road Traffic Act
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
brutality; inhumanity
wrong course; evil course
Taoist; moralist
traditional incense-smelling ceremony
moral sense
straight path (that people should take); straight road
filial piety
moral sense; wife of a monk
the seven districts of ancient Japan
monks and laity
exemplum
external auditory canal; ear canal; external auditory meatus
bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
path of virtue; righteousness
Asura realm
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
all Hokkaido
attaining salvation
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence
false reporting; fake news
bicycle path; bicycle lane; bikeway
military road
Confucianism
being good; being virtuous; virtuous person
upper respiratory tract; upper airway
woman's duties
coarse rice powder
vagina; love-making technique
prefectural road
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
auxiliary logging road
Taoist temple
folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)
drama; dramatic art
(national) road in poor condition
dangerous road
Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; Zen teachings; Zen
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
form of modern martial art using the bayonet
unreasonable and unjust; unconscionable
Taoism and Buddhism
member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
Jeollanam-do (South Korea); South Jeolla Province
flight path of a butterfly
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
international humanitarian law; IHL
study of calculation (ritsuryo period); the way of calculation
outer ring road; orbital road
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province
Gyeonggi-do (South Korea); Gyeonggi Province
Jeollabuk-do (South Korea); North Jeolla Province
member of the Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly
prefectural tax (of Hokkaido)
male homosexuality; pederasty
male homosexuality; pederasty
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
study of the calendar; way of the calendar