高速道路
Meanings
1
highway; expressway; freeway; motorway
Refers to a controlled-access, high-speed road for automobiles. The Japanese term covers what are variously called highways, expressways, freeways, or motorways in different English-speaking regions.
I got stuck in a traffic jam on the expressway.
Please exit the highway at the next interchange.
Usage patterns
- 高速道路に乗るto get on the expressway
I got on the expressway in Tokyo and drove all the way to Osaka.
- 高速道路を降りるto get off the expressway
Please get off the expressway at the next interchange.
- 高速道路が渋滞するfor the expressway to be congested
During the Obon holiday, the expressway gets terribly congested.
- 高速道路を走るto drive on the expressway
Be careful not to speed when driving on the expressway.