道連れ

みちづれ

Also written 道ずれ

Meanings

1. Noun fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion
2. taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part See also: 道連れにする (みちづれにする).

Kanji

• 道 road. Read as みち.
• 連 link. Read as づれ.

Example sentences

• 旅は道連れ世は情け。
  No road is long with good company.
• むやみに自殺を否定しようとは思いませんが、親が子どもを道連れにするのはぜったいにやめてほしい、と思います。
  I don't intend to flatly reject suicide, but I really wish parents would not make their children join in with them.

Common phrases

• 道連れにする (みちづれにする) to force (someone) to take part

Words containing 道連れ

• 旅は道連れ世は情け (たびはみちづれよはなさけ) in traveling, a companion; in life, sympathy
• 道連れにする (みちづれにする) to force (someone) to take part
• 旅は道連れ (たびはみちづれ) having a companion makes the journey easier

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