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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
- —一都一道二府四十三県one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
- —押しボタン式横断歩道push-button (pedestrian) crossing
- —全米鉄道旅客輸送公社National Railroad Passenger Corporation
- —日本貨物鉄道株式会社Japan Freight Railway Company
- —米国道路安全保険協会Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- —北海道野生動物研究所Hokkaido Wildlife Laboratory
- —潜水艦発射弾道ミサイルsubmarine-launched ballistic missile; SLBM
- —日本国有鉄道清算事業団Japanese National Railways Settlement Corporation; JNR SC
- —国連人道問題調整事務所UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- —専修大学北海道短期大学Hokkaido College, Senshu University
- —道路交通情報通信システムVICS; Vehicle Information and Communication Systems
- —弾道ミサイル破壊措置命令ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
- —日本赤十字北海道看護大学Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing
- —弾道弾迎撃ミサイル制限条約Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972); ABM
- —無理が通れば道理が引っ込むwhere might is master, justice is servant
- —北海道千歳リハビリテーション大学Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation
- —鋪道paved road; paved street
- —道管conduit; pipe; duct; vessel
- —花道flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
- —獄道wicked; evil; profligate; immoral; wastrel; scoundrel; villain; organized crime; yakuza; underworld