ルート
Meanings
1
Refers to a physical path or course taken to reach a destination, such as a travel route, delivery route, or hiking trail.
Does this bus route go through the station?
Please check the hiking route in advance.
2
channel; distribution channel; sales channel
Used in business contexts for the path through which goods, services, or information flow, such as sales channels or supply chains.
We need to develop new sales channels for the new product.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉までのルートthe route to a place
I looked up the shortest route to the station.
- 〈物〉の販売ルートsales channel for a product
We developed a new sales channel for the product.
- ルートを通るto take/follow a route
This bus follows a route through the mountains.
- ルートを通じて〈事〉が伝わるfor information to be conveyed through a channel
The information was conveyed through an unofficial channel.
- ルートを外れるto deviate from the planned route
Because of the typhoon, the ship strayed from its planned route.