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道 kanji
road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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ドウトウ
Kun readings
みちいう
Variant forms
噵衜衟Words with 道
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —柔道畳judo mat
- —茶華道tea ceremony and flower arranging
- —道知事governor of Hokkaido
- —道具的instrumental (learning, conditioning, behaviour, etc.)
- —尿道球bulb of penis; urethral bulb
- —外聴道ear canal; external auditory canal; external auditory meatus
- —非人道inhumanity
- —魔道具magic tool (in fiction); magical item
- —弓道場kyūdō dōjō; Japanese archery range
- —講道館Kodokan Judo Institute
- —一貫道Yiguandao
- —俠道会Kyōdō-kai (yakuza syndicate)
- —悪逆無道treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
- —医事伝道medical missionary work
- —医療伝道medical missionary work
- —化粧道具toilet articles; makeup kit
- —幹線道路main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road
- —狭軌鉄道narrow-gauge railway
- —言語道断outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
- —古道具屋secondhand store
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