大おお路じ

noun

main street; main thoroughfare

Refers to a major road, especially in a capital or large city. Often contrasted with 小路 (こうじ, 'lane' or 'alley').

See also: 小路 (こうじ)

• 京きょう都との大おお路じを歩あるくと、歴れき史しを感かんじる。

  Walking along the main streets of Kyoto, you feel the history.

• 大おお路じから一いっ本ぽん入はいると静しずかな小こう路じが続つづく。

  One street off the main thoroughfare, a quiet lane continues.

noun

most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryō period)

Only with reading たいろ

Archaic term from the ritsuryō period, referring to the highest class of official highway. Read as たいろ in this historical context.

• 律りつ令りょう時じ代だいの大たい路ろは、都みやこと地ち方ほうを結むすぶ重じゅう要ような幹かん線せん道どう路ろだった。

  The 大路 (たいろ) of the ritsuryō period were important arterial roads connecting the capital with the provinces.