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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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On readings
ドウトウ
Kun readings
みちいう
Variant forms
噵衜衟Words with 道
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —名古屋鉄道Nagoya Railroad Co.; Meitetsu
- —北海道警察Hokkaido Prefectural Police
- —妖怪道中記Yokai Dochuki (video game)
- —憲政の常道standard procedures of constitutional government; convention that the majority party in the lower house forms the cabinet (Taishō period); convention that leaders of the two major parties alternate as prime minister (Meiji and Taishō periods)
- —大陸横断鉄道transcontinental railroad
- —東名高速道路Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway
- —道理に外れたcontrary to reason
- —アッピア街道Appian Way
- —逆流性食道炎reflux esophagitis
- —軌道に乗せるto put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
- —道中ご無事にbon voyage; have a nice trip
- —州間高速道路interstate highway
- —日本国有鉄道Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
- —軌道の離心率orbital eccentricity
- —紅茶道具一式tea set; tea service
- —弾道ミサイルballistic missile
- —立体道路制度system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space
- —道路特定財源revenue source set aside for road construction
- —非人道的兵器inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
- —外郭環状道路outer ring road; orbital road