道みち

noun

road; path; street; lane; passage

Physical thoroughfare for walking, driving, or traveling; the most basic concrete sense.

• この道みちをまっすぐ行いくと駅えきに出でます。

  If you go straight along this road, you'll reach the station.

• 山やま道みちは狭せまくて歩あるきにくい。

  The mountain path is narrow and hard to walk on.

noun

route; way; distance; journey

The course taken to reach a destination, or the distance/travel itself. Often used with verbs like 行く, 来る, 帰る.

• 会かい社しゃまでの道みちを地ち図ずで調しらべた。

  I looked up the route to the office on a map.

• 長ながい道みちのりだったが、ようやく着ついた。

  It was a long journey, but we finally arrived.

noun

road (to a goal); course; path

Metaphorical path toward an abstract goal such as victory, success, or recovery.

• 優ゆう勝しょうへの道みちは険けわしい。

  The road to victory is steep.

• 彼かれは医い者しゃへの道みちを歩あゆみ始はじめた。

  He started on the path to becoming a doctor.

noun

way of living; moral path; teachings; doctrine

A way of life, proper conduct, or a set of teachings, especially Confucian or Buddhist. Often appears in compounds like 武士道 or 仏道.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの道みちを貫つらぬいた。

  He stuck to his own way of life.

• 茶さ道どうは単たんなる作さ法ほうではなく、精せい神しん修しゅう養ようの道みちだ。

  The way of tea is not just etiquette but a path of spiritual cultivation.

noun

field; subject; specialty

A domain of study, profession, or expertise. Common in phrases like その道の専門家.

• 彼かれは医い学がくの道みちに進すすんだ。

  He went into the field of medicine.

• その道みちのプロに教おそわった。

  I learned from a professional in that field.

noun

means; method; way

A way or method of doing something; often used when a solution or approach is being discussed.

• 問もん題だいを解かい決けつする道みちを探さがしている。

  We are looking for a way to solve the problem.

• それしか道みちはない。

  That's the only way.