道
みち
Also written 路, 途, 径
Meanings
- Noun road; path; street; lane; passage
- route; way
- distance; journey
- road (e.g. to victory); course
- way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
- teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
- field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
- means; way; method
Kanji
- 道 road. Read as みち.
Example sentences
- 意志あるところには道がある。
Where there's a will, there's a way. - 意志のあるところに道あり。
Where there's a will, there's a way. - 意志のあるところには道がある。
Where there's a will, there's a way. - 意志があるところに道は開ける。
Where there's a will, there's a way. - 意志ある所に道あり。
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Common phrases
- 道を歩む
- 道を選ぶ
- 道に進む
- 道を進む
- 道を開く (みちをひらく) to open up a path
- 道を歩く
- 道を志す
- 道へ進む
- 道を辿る
- 道を通る
- 道を行く
- 道に迷う (みちにまよう) to lose one's way
- 道を切り開く (みちをきりひらく) to open a path
- 道を塞ぐ
- 道を譲る (みちをゆずる) to yield
Words containing 道
- 帰り道 (かえりみち) the way back
- 片道 (かたみち) one-way (trip)
- 道の駅 (みちのえき) roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)
And 155 more.