winding road; curving road; roundabout road
A road that bends or curves; can be used literally for a road with many turns or figuratively for an indirect route.
There are many winding roads ahead, so please drive carefully.
We slowly made our way along the curving mountain road.
カーブ is a loanword often used for a curve in a road, but 曲がり道 emphasizes the winding nature of the road as a whole.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant with 曲り instead of 曲がり; less common but still seen.
Uses the less common 路 character for 'road'; mainly literary or stylistic.
Rare variant combining 曲り and 路.
Compound of 曲がり (continuative form of 曲がる 'to bend') + 道 ('road').