追おい分わけ

noun

forked road; branching path

Refers to a point where a road splits into two or more directions. Often appears in place names and in the title of the folk song 'Oiwake-bushi'.

• この先さきの追おい分わけを右みぎに行いくと駅えきに着つきます。

  If you go right at the fork ahead, you'll reach the station.

• 追おい分わけは昔むかし、旅たび人びとたちの目め印じるしになった。

  In the old days, forked roads served as landmarks for travelers.