also: いきかい
Describes the movement of people or vehicles back and forth; often used for the flow of pedestrians or traffic in a particular area.
There is a constant coming and going of people in front of the station.
This street has heavy traffic.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Alternate reading いきかい; less common than ゆきかい.
Variant spelling with the same reading; less common but still encountered.
Variant spelling with the alternate reading いきかい.
Rare variant using 往; may be seen in older or literary texts.
Rare variant with the alternate reading いきかい.
Compound of the continuative form of 行く (iku/yuku, 'to go') and 交い (kai, from 交う 'to intersect, cross'), literally 'going and crossing'. The reading ゆきかい is more common than いきかい.