道みち行ゆく人ひと

expression, noun

passerby; person walking along the road

A somewhat literary or poetic expression for a person one encounters on the street or road.

• 道みち行ゆく人ひとに駅えきへの道みちを尋たずねた。

  I asked a passerby for directions to the station.

• 道みち行ゆく人ひとの姿すがたもまばらな夕ゆう暮ぐれだった。

  It was a twilight with only a few people walking along the road.