岐き路ろ

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Meanings

Used both literally for a place where a road splits and figuratively for a decisive moment in life, career, or history.

〈人ひと〉が岐き路ろに立たつto stand at a crossroads (facing an important decision)
彼かれは人じん生せいの岐き路ろに立たっている。
He is standing at a crossroads in his life.
〈人ひと〉が岐き路ろに立たたされるto be forced into a position of having to make a critical decision
会かい社しゃは重じゅう大だいな岐き路ろに立たたされている。
The company is being forced to make a critical decision.
〈人ひと〉が岐き路ろにさしかかるto approach a turning point or critical juncture
彼かれのキャリアは重じゅう要ような岐き路ろにさしかかっている。
His career is approaching a critical turning point.

分わかれ道みち
分かれ道 is a concrete, everyday word for a physical fork in the road, while 岐路 is more literary and often used metaphorically for a decisive moment.
十じゅう字じ路ろN1
十字路 specifically means a four-way intersection, whereas 岐路 refers to any branching point and is more often used figuratively.
分ぶん岐き点てん
分岐点 is a more neutral, technical term for a branching point (used for roads, data, decisions), while 岐路 carries a stronger sense of destiny or crisis.
転てん機き
転機 refers purely to a turning point in events or life with no roots in the road metaphor, while 岐路 still evokes the image of a fork requiring a choice.

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分わかれ目め
岐路 is a formal, literary word for a critical crossroads (often 人生の岐路), while 分かれ目 is more common in everyday speech and news for the same idea.
節ふし目め
岐路 stresses a fork where a decision must be made, while 節目 simply marks a significant stage without implying a choice.
曲まがり角かどN1
岐路 emphasizes a crossroads where one must choose between options, whereas 曲がり角 emphasizes a critical shift or turning point without implying a choice.
分ぶん岐きN1
岐路 is a noun for the specific point of a fork or crossroads (often figurative, as in a life decision), while 分岐 refers more generally to the act or state of branching.

帰き路ろ
帰路 (きろ) is pronounced identically to 岐路 but means 'the way home,' not a fork in the road or turning point.

Composed of 岐 (branch off, diverge) and 路 (road, path). The kanji combination directly conveys a place where roads divide.