道

道	Meanings: way, road, street, path, course On Readings: ドウ dou, トウ tou Kun Readings: みち michi Most Used Pronunciation: michi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 辶 Stroke Number: 12

Level 4 Completion 100 / 103

Common jukugo
北海道 - ほっかいどう hokkaido - Hokkaido (northern Japanese island)
剣道 - けん　どう ken dou - kendo, fencing
赤道 - せき　どう seki dou - equator
谷道 - たに　みち tani michi - pass, defile, notch

Useful Examples
Japanese: この道は広い。
Romaji: kono michi wa hiroi.
English: This road is wide.

Japanese: この道路は交通が少ない。
Romaji: kono dou ro wa kou tsuu ga sukunai.
Literal: this road as-for traffic is few
English: Traffic is light on this road.

Japanese: すべての道はローマに通じている。
Romaji: subete no michi wa ro-ma ni tsuujite iru.
English: All roads lead to Rome.

Japanese: 野原の間に１本の小道があります。
Romaji: nohara no aida ni ippon no komichi ga arimasu.
English: There is a path through the fields.

Japanese: そのぬかるみの小道は谷へ下って行く。
Romaji: sono nukarumi no komichi wa tani e kudatte iku.
English: The muddy track descends to a valley.

Japanese: ５分ばかりこの道を行けば、右手にその百貨店があります。
Romaji: gofun bakari kono michi o ikeba, migite ni sono hyakkaten ga arimasu.
English: Go down the street for about five minutes, and you will see the Department store to the right.

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.