沿い

ぞい

Also written 添い

Meanings

1. Suffix along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street) (after a noun; usu. 〜に)

Kanji

• 沿 along. Read as ぞい.

Example sentences

• 街道沿いのドライブインで昼食をとった。
  We had lunch at a roadside restaurant.
• 街道沿いに家が並んでいた。
  Houses were lined up alongside the highway.
• その部族のひとびとはその川沿いに定住した。
  Members of the tribe settled down along the river.
• アメリカの太平洋北西海岸沿いに住む原住民は、おそらくアジアから移住した種族の子孫なのである。
  The natives of the North-West Pacific Coast of America were probably descendants of tribes from Asia.
• 私は毎朝、川沿いに犬を散歩させる。
  I walk my dog along the river every morning.

Words containing 沿い

• 川沿い (かわぞい) along the river
• 海沿い (うみぞい) seaside
• 道沿い (みちぞい) along the road

And 6 more.

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