also: ろけん
road shoulder; berm
Refers to the strip of land alongside a road, often unpaved, used for emergency stops or as a buffer.
I pulled over onto the shoulder of the expressway.
The road shoulder is narrow, so pedestrians need to be careful.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ろかた is the most common.
Alternate reading; less common than ろかた.
Compound of 路 (road) and 肩 (shoulder), literally 'road shoulder'.