道みち連づれ

noun

traveling companion; fellow traveler

A person who accompanies someone on a journey, often implying a shared experience or fate. Can be used literally or figuratively.

• 旅たびの道みち連づれと温おん泉せんに立たち寄よった。

  I stopped by a hot spring with my traveling companion.

• 人じん生せいの道みち連づれとして、彼かの女じょはかけがえのない存そん在ざいだ。

  As a companion through life, she is irreplaceable.

noun

taking someone along unwillingly; forcing to participate

Used in the expression 道連れにする, meaning to drag someone into a situation, especially an undesirable one like death or trouble. Often carries a negative, coercive nuance.

See also: 道連れにする

• 彼かれは自じ殺さつするときに、家か族ぞくを道みち連づれにしようとした。

  When he committed suicide, he tried to take his family with him.

• 会かい社しゃの倒とう産さんで、取とり引ひき先さきまで道みち連づれにしてしまった。

  The company's bankruptcy dragged even its business partners down with it.