道（どう）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: road / path / Hokkaido prefecture
Etymology
Loanword from Chinese “dào”.
Example sentences
- この道をまっすぐ行ってください。 — Please go straight down this road.
- 知らない道で迷ってしまった。 — I ended up getting lost on an unfamiliar road.
Idioms & proverbs containing “道”
- 人道主義 (じんどうしゅぎ) — humanism; humanitarianism
- 蛇の道は蛇 (じゃのみちはへび) — the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
- 旅は道連れ (たびはみちづれ) — having a companion makes the journey easier; travel is better with company
- 学問に王道なし (がくもんにおうどうなし) — there are no shortcuts in learning
- 日暮れて道遠し (ひくれてみちとおし) — the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off
- 旅は道連れ世は情け (たびはみちづれよはなさけ) — in traveling, a companion; in life, sympathy
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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