古こ道どう

noun

old road; ancient road

Refers to a road or path from ancient times, often with historical or cultural significance. Can be read as こどう or ふるみち.

• この古こ道どうは鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいから使つかわれている。

  This old road has been used since the Kamakura period.

• 古こ道どうを歩あるくと、昔むかしの旅たび人びとの気き分ぶんが味あじわえる。

  Walking along the ancient road, you can feel like a traveler of old.

noun

ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning

Only with reading こどう

Abstract sense referring to traditional ways, teachings, or principles from the past. Only read as こどう.

• 彼かれは古こ道どうに従したがって弟で子しを育そだてた。

  He trained his disciples according to the ancient methods.

• 古こ道どうを学まなぶことは、現げん代だいにも通つうじる知ち恵えを得えることだ。

  Studying the ancient teachings is to gain wisdom that still applies today.