街道

かいどう

Meanings

1. Noun highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road
2. highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) See also: 出世街道 (しゅっせかいどう).
3. subdistrict (in China)

Kanji

• 街 street. Read as カイ.
• 道 road. Read as ドウ.

Example sentences

• 休日で車は街道をのろのろと動いた。
  The holiday traffic crawled along the highway.
• 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.
• 街道は次の村で南へ向かう。
  The road tends to the south at the next village.

Common phrases

• 重要な街道
• 街道を進む
• 街道を行く
• 街道を歩む
• 街道を歩く
• 街道を辿る

Words containing 街道

• 街道筋 (かいどうすじ) highway route (Edo period)
• 裏街道 (うらかいどう) byroad
• 本街道 (ほんかいどう) main road

And 3 more.

Word lists

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