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dào
    dao4
tao
 dou / do
    どう

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Daoism / Taoism
road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
(1) (abbreviation) (See 道・みち・1) road; path; street; route; (2) (See 道・みち・5) way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself; (3) (abbreviation) (in Japanese schools) (See 道徳教育) moral education; (4) Buddhist teachings; (5) Taoism; (6) administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido); (7) (hist) administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.); (8) province (administrative region of Korea); (9) circuit (administrative region of China); (10) (hist) province (Tang-era administrative region of China); (personal name) Wataru
mārga. A way, road; the right path; principle, Truth, Reason, Logos, Cosmic energy; to lead; to say. The way of transmigration by which one arrives at a good or bad existence; any of the six gati, or paths of destiny. The way of bodhi, or enlightenment leading to nirvāṇa through spiritual stages. Essential nirvāṇa, in which absolute freedom reigns. For the eightfold noble path v. 八聖道.; The two Ways: (1) (a) 無礙道 or 無間道 The open or unhindered way, or the way of removing all obstacles or intervention, i. e. all delusion; (b) 解脫道 the way of release, by realization of truth. (2) (a) 難行道 The hard way of "works", i. e. by the six pāramitā and the disciplines. (b) 易行道 the easy way salvation, by the invocation of Amitābha. (3) (a) 有漏道 The way of reincarnation or mortality; (b) 無漏 the enlightened way of escape from the miseries of transmigration. (4) (a) 教道 The way of instruction; (b) 證道 the way of realization. (5) The two lower excretory organs.

中道

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zhōng dào
    zhong1 dao4
chung tao
 nakamichi
    なかみち

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The Middle Way
road through the middle; middle road; (place-name, surname) Nakamichi
The 'mean' has various interpretations. In general it denotes the mean between two extremes, and has special reference to the mean between realism and nihilism, or eternal substantial existence and annihilation; this 'mean' is found in a third principle between the two, suggesting the idea of a realm of mind or spirit beyond the terminology of 有 or 無, substance or nothing, or, that which has form, and is therefore measurable and ponderable, and its opposite of total non-existence. See 中論. The following four Schools define the term according to their several scriptures: the 法相 School describes it as the 唯識, v. 唯識中道; the 三論 School as the 八不 eight negations, v. 三論; the Tiantai as 實相 the true reality; and the Huayan as the 法界 dharmadhātu. Four forms of the Mean are given by the 三論玄義.

古道

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gǔ dào
    gu3 dao4
ku tao
 kodou; furumichi / kodo; furumichi
    こどう; ふるみち

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The Old Way / Old School
ancient road; precepts of the antiquity
(1) old road; ancient road; (2) (こどう only) ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning; (place-name, surname) Furumichi

ロート

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 roodo
    ロード
(1) road; (noun/participle) (2) load; (3) lord; (personal name) Laud; Laude; Lord; Rhode; Rode

馬可波羅


马可波罗

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mǎ kě bō luó
    ma3 ke3 bo1 luo2
ma k`o po lo
    ma ko po lo

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Marco Polo
Marco Polo (1254-c. 1324), Venetian trader and explorer who traveled the Silk road to China, author of Il Milione (Travels of Marco Polo)

求學無坦途


求学无坦途

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qiú xué wú tǎn tú
    qiu2 xue2 wu2 tan3 tu2
ch`iu hsüeh wu t`an t`u
    chiu hsüeh wu tan tu

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There is No Royal Road to Learning
The path of learning can never be smooth.; There is no royal road to learning. (idiom)

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    lu4
lu
 ji
    じ
road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
(suffix) (1) route; road; (suffix) (2) distance travelled in a day; (suffix) (3) (See 七十路) one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s); (surname) Rou
A road, way.

公路

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gōng lù
    gong1 lu4
kung lu
 kouro / koro
    こうろ
highway; road; CL:條|条[tiao2]
public road; highway

線路


线路

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xiàn lù
    xian4 lu4
hsien lu
 senro
    せんろ
(electricity) line; circuit; wire; (traffic) road; track; route
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

要路

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yào lù
    yao4 lu4
yao lu
 youro / yoro
    ようろ
important road; main thoroughfare; fig. key position
(1) main or important road; (2) influential or important position; the authorities

路上

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lù shang
    lu4 shang5
lu shang
 rojou / rojo
    ろじょう
on the road; on the way; en route
(work) On the Road (novel by Jack Kerouac); (wk) On the Road (novel by Jack Kerouac)

路標


路标

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lù biāo
    lu4 biao1
lu piao
 rohyou / rohyo
    ろひょう
road sign
road sign

路面

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lù miàn
    lu4 mian4
lu mien
 romen
    ろめん
road surface
road surface

道路

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dào lù
    dao4 lu4
tao lu
 douro / doro
    どうろ
road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]
road; highway; (surname) Michimichi
road

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 mata
    また
(1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork); (surname) Mata

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chǎ
    cha3
ch`a
    cha
 sha
    また
to diverge; to open (as legs)
(1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
A fork, forked; to fold, folded.

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    du3
tu
 to
    と
to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole); (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress; wall (literary); (classifier for walls)
(rare) fence; wall; hedge

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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
 funato
    ふなと
variant of 歧[qi2]
(1) (kana only) the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) (kana only) street; district; quarters; (3) (kana only) location (of a battle, etc.); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) (kana only) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) fork (in a road); crossroads; (surname) Funato

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chà
    cha4
ch`a
    cha
fork in road; bifurcation; branch in road, river, mountain range etc; to branch off; to turn off; to diverge; to stray (from the path); to change the subject; to interrupt; to stagger (times)

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xx
    xx5
xx
 touge / toge
    とうげ
(Japanese kokuji) mountain pass; (fig.) crisis point; pr. tōge
(n,n-suf) (1) (mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; (2) peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis; critical point; most difficult part; (surname) Dougesaki

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xiàng
    xiang4
hsiang
 tsuji
    つじ
lane; alley
(1) (kana only) the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) (kana only) street; district; quarters; (3) (kana only) location (of a battle, etc.); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) (kana only) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) fork (in a road); crossroads; (personal name) Tsuji


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wān
    wan1
wan
to bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc); CL:道[dao4]


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tiáo
    tiao2
t`iao
    tiao
 jouji / joji
    じょうじ
strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
(personal name) Jōji
A length (of anything); a law, order.

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    qi2
ch`i
    chi
divergent; side road

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 heri
    へり
Japanese variant of 緣|缘
(n,n-suf) (1) (kana only) (sometimes べり as a suffix) edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); (n,n-suf) (2) (kana only) rim; brim; hem; margin; fringe; selvage; (n,n-suf) (3) (kana only) fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging; (female given name) Yori

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    gu3
ku
 ko
    もも
thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions
(1) thigh; (can be adjective with の) (2) femoral; (1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
thigh

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kuà
    kua4
k`ua
    kua
 mata
    また
crotch; groin; hip
(1) crotch; crutch; groin; thigh; (2) fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

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xíng
    xing2
hsing
 kou / ko
    こう
to walk; to go; to travel; a visit; temporary; makeshift; current; in circulation; to do; to perform; capable; competent; effective; all right; OK!; will do; behavior; conduct; Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
(n,n-suf) (1) going; travelling; traveling; journey; trip; (2) act; action; (suffix noun) (3) bank; (counter) (4) counter for banks; (counter) (5) counter for groups or parties of people; (6) type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic from the Tang period onwards); (7) (hist) shopping district (of similar merchants; in the Sui and Tang periods); (8) (hist) merchants' guild (in the Tang period); (female given name) Yukue
Go; act; do; perform; action; conduct; functioning; the deed; whatever is done by mind, mouth, or body, i.e. in thought, word, or deed. It is used for ayana, going, road, course; a march, a division of time equal to six months; also for saṁskāra, form, operation, perfecting, as one of the twelve nidānas, similar to karma, action, work, deed, especially moral action, cf. 業.

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    qu2
ch`ü
    chü
 ku
    ちまた
thoroughfare
(1) (kana only) the public (esp. much-discussed, much-heard); the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) (kana only) street; district; quarters; (3) (kana only) location (of a battle, etc.); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) (kana only) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) fork (in a road); crossroads
A thoroughfare, a way, cf. 瞿 18.

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    tu2
t`u
    tu
 to(p); do(ok)
    と(P); ど(ok)
way; route; road
way; route; (female given name) Michi
A road, way, method.

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qiān
    qian1
ch`ien
    chien
 sen
    せん
road leading north and south
(numeric) 1,000; thousand

スジ

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 suji
    スジ
(1) muscle; tendon; sinew; (2) vein; artery; (3) fiber; fibre; string; (4) line; stripe; streak; (5) reason; logic; (6) plot; storyline; (7) lineage; descent; (8) school (e.g. of scholarship or arts); (9) aptitude; talent; (10) source (of information, etc.); circle; channel; (11) well-informed person (in a transaction); (12) logical move (in go, shogi, etc.); (13) (shogi) ninth vertical line; (14) seam on a helmet; (15) (abbreviation) gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.); (16) (archaism) social position; status; (n-suf,n,adj-no) (17) on (a river, road, etc.); along; (suf,ctr) (18) counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions; (19) (archaism) (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency); (given name) Suji

一路

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yī lù
    yi1 lu4
i lu
 ichiro
    いちろ
the whole journey; all the way; going the same way; going in the same direction; of the same kind
(adverb) (1) straight; directly; (2) voyage; journey; straight road; (given name) Kazuro

一道

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yī dào
    yi1 dao4
i tao
 ichidou / ichido
    いちどう
together
one road; ray (of hope); (given name) Kazumichi
One way, the one way; the way of deliverance from mortality, the Mahāyāna. Yidao, a learned monk of the Pure-land sect.

三塗


三涂

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sān tú
    san1 tu2
san t`u
    san tu
 sanzu
The 塗 mire is interpreted by 途 a road, i.e. the three unhappy gati or ways; (a) 火塗 to the fires of hell; (b) 血塗 to the hell of blood, where as animals they devour each other; (c) 刀塗 the asipattra hell of swords, where the leaves and grasses are sharp-edged swords. Cf. 三惡趣.

下道

see styles
 shitamichi
    したみち
(1) non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; (2) road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.; (surname) Shimomichi

中辺

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 chuuhen / chuhen
    ちゅうへん
(adj-no,n) (1) moderate; middle-of-the-road; (2) inner edge (othello); (surname) Nakabe

中間


中间

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zhōng jiān
    zhong1 jian1
chung chien
 chuukan / chukan
    ちゅうかん
the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among; during; in the meantime
(1) middle; midway; halfway; centre; center; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) middle position; moderate position; neutral position; middle-of-the-road position; (can be adjective with の) (3) interim; intermediary; intermediate; midterm; (place-name, surname) Nakama
in between

之繞

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 shinnyou / shinnyo
    しんにょう
    shinnyuu / shinnyu
    しんにゅう
kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)

九折

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jiǔ zhé
    jiu3 zhe2
chiu che
 kyuusetsu / kyusetsu
    きゅうせつ
10% off (price)
many turns (in a road); (place-name) Tsuzuraori

二見


二见

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èr jiàn
    er4 jian4
erh chien
 futami
    ふたみ
(can be adjective with の) forked (road, river); (place-name, surname) Futami
Two (wrong) views: (1) Looking on people grudgingly with regard to almsgiving and preaching the Buddha-truth. (2) (a) 有見 Holding to the real existence of (material) things; (b) 無見 holding to their entire unreality. (3) (a) 斷見 Holding to the view of total annihilation; (b) 常見 to that of permanence or immortality.

交安

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jiāo ān
    jiao1 an1
chiao an
road traffic safety (abbr. for 交通安全)

來路


来路

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lái lù
    lai2 lu4
lai lu
incoming road; origin; past history
See: 来路

便道

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biàn dào
    bian4 dao4
pien tao
 bendō
pavement; sidewalk; shortcut; makeshift road
shortcut

修路

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xiū lù
    xiu1 lu4
hsiu lu
 shuuji / shuji
    しゅうじ
to repair a road
(place-name) Shuuji

修阻

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xiū zǔ
    xiu1 zu3
hsiu tsu
(literary) long and arduous (road)

側路

see styles
 sokuro
    そくろ
access lanes (e.g. on a freeway); service road; bypass

側道

see styles
 sobamichi
    そばみち
(archaism) (See 間道・かんどう) side road; shortcut

傍道

see styles
 wakimichi
    わきみち
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) side road; byroad; (2) digression (e.g. from argument)

內凡


内凡

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nèi fán
    nei4 fan2
nei fan
 naibon
The inner or higher ranks of ordinary disciples as contrasted with the 外凡 lower grades; those who are on the road to liberation; Hīnayāna begins the stage at the 四善根位 also styled 內凡位; Mahāyāna with the 三賢位 from the 十住 upwards. Tiantai from the 相似卽 of its 六卽 q. v.

全線


全线

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quán xiàn
    quan2 xian4
ch`üan hsien
    chüan hsien
 zensen
    ぜんせん
the whole front (in a war); the whole length (of a road or railway line)
(1) the whole (railway) line; the entire (bus) route; (2) all lines; all routes; (3) the whole front (in war); (4) all fronts

公道

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gōng dao
    gong1 dao5
kung tao
 koudou / kodo
    こうどう
fair; equitable
(1) public road; highway; (2) righteousness; justice; right path; (given name) Masamichi

共線

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gòng xiàn
    gong4 xian4
kung hsien
(geometry) collinear; concurrency (a single road serving as a section of multiple routes)

冬道

see styles
 fuyumichi
    ふゆみち
winter road; roads in the winter; (surname) Fuyumichi

切通

see styles
 settsuu / settsu
    せっつう
(irregular okurigana usage) (railway) cutting; excavation; sunken road; opencut; (surname) Settsuu

初位

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chū wèi
    chu1 wei4
ch`u wei
    chu wei
 shoi
The initial stage on the road to enlightenment.

別路

see styles
 betsuro
    べつろ
different road

前路

see styles
qián lù
    qian2 lu4
ch`ien lu
    chien lu
the road ahead

動脈


动脉

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dòng mài
    dong4 mai4
tung mai
 doumyaku / domyaku
    どうみゃく
artery
(1) {anat} artery; (2) arterial road; major route

区道

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 kudou / kudo
    くどう
ward road; special ward road

十字

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shí zì
    shi2 zi4
shih tzu
 juuji / juji
    じゅうじ
cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten
(adj-no,n) cross; crossed; cruciform; (personal name) Tsuji

危途

see styles
wēi tú
    wei1 tu2
wei t`u
    wei tu
dangerous road

危道

see styles
 kidou / kido
    きどう
(rare) dangerous road

参道

see styles
 sandou / sando
    さんどう
road approaching a shrine

四道

see styles
sì dào
    si4 dao4
ssu tao
 shimichi
    しみち
(surname) Shimichi
The Dao or road means the nirvana road; the 'four' are rather modes of progress, or stages in it: (1) 加行道 discipline or effort, i. e. progress from the 三賢 and 四善根 stages to that of the 三學位, i. e. morality, meditation, and understanding; (2) 無間道 uninterrupted progress to the stage in which all delusion is banished; (3) 解脫道 liberaton, or freedom, reaching the state of assurance or proof and knowledge of the truth; and (4) 勝進道 surpassing progress in dhyāni-wisdom. Those four stages are also associated with those of srota-āpanna, sakṛdāgāmin, anāgāmin, and arhat.

国道

see styles
 kokudou / kokudo
    こくどう
national road; national highway; (personal name) Kokudō

土路

see styles
tǔ lù
    tu3 lu4
t`u lu
    tu lu
 doro
    どろ
dirt road
(place-name) Doro

坂道

see styles
 sakamichi
    さかみち
hill road; (surname) Sakamichi

坎坷

see styles
kǎn kě
    kan3 ke3
k`an k`o
    kan ko
(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

坑坎

see styles
kēng kǎn
    keng1 kan3
k`eng k`an
    keng kan
 kōkan
uneven (road); depression (in terrain)
pits

坡路

see styles
pō lù
    po1 lu4
p`o lu
    po lu
sloping road; hill road

坡道

see styles
pō dào
    po1 dao4
p`o tao
    po tao
road on a slope; inclined path; ramp

坦途

see styles
tǎn tú
    tan3 tu2
t`an t`u
    tan tu
highway; level road

堵死

see styles
dǔ sǐ
    du3 si3
tu ssu
to block (a road); to plug (a hole); to stop up

塗徑


涂径

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tú jìng
    tu2 jing4
t`u ching
    tu ching
path; road

天梯

see styles
tiān tī
    tian1 ti1
t`ien t`i
    tien ti
stairway to heaven; high mountain road; tall ladder on a building or other large structure; space elevator

失迷

see styles
shī mí
    shi1 mi2
shih mi
to lose one's way; to get lost (on the road etc)

安協

see styles
 ankyou / ankyo
    あんきょう
(org) Road Safety Association (abbr.); (o) Road Safety Association (abbr.)

家路

see styles
 ieji
    いえじ
the road home; (surname) Ieji

封禁

see styles
fēng jìn
    feng1 jin4
feng chin
to ban (narcotics, a movie etc); to block (a road etc); (Internet) to block (a user)

封路

see styles
fēng lù
    feng1 lu4
feng lu
road closure; to close a road

小路

see styles
xiǎo lù
    xiao3 lu4
hsiao lu
 kouji; shouji / koji; shoji
    こうじ; しょうじ
minor road; lane; pathway; trail
(See 大路・1) lane; alley; (personal name) Shoji
Cūḍa-panthaka

就道

see styles
jiù dào
    jiu4 dao4
chiu tao
to set off; to take to the road

山路

see styles
shān lù
    shan1 lu4
shan lu
 yamaji; sanro
    やまじ; さんろ
mountain road
mountain path; (surname) Yamamichi

山道

see styles
 yamamichi(p); sandou; sendou / yamamichi(p); sando; sendo
    やまみち(P); さんどう; せんどう
mountain road; mountain trail; (place-name, surname) Yamamichi

岐路

see styles
 kiro
    きろ
forked road; crossroads

岔口

see styles
chà kǒu
    cha4 kou3
ch`a k`ou
    cha kou
junction; fork in road

岔子

see styles
chà zi
    cha4 zi5
ch`a tzu
    cha tzu
branch road; setback; accident; hiccup

岔路

see styles
chà lù
    cha4 lu4
ch`a lu
    cha lu
fork in the road

岔道

see styles
chà dào
    cha4 dao4
ch`a tao
    cha tao
side road; byway

岔開


岔开

see styles
chà kāi
    cha4 kai1
ch`a k`ai
    cha kai
to diverge; to branch off the road; to change (the subject)

峠道

see styles
 tougemichi / togemichi
    とうげみち
road over a mountain pass

崗子


岗子

see styles
gǎng zi
    gang3 zi5
kang tzu
 okako
    おかこ
mound; hillock; welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc)
(female given name) Okako

崴子

see styles
wǎi zi
    wai3 zi5
wai tzu
bend (in a river, road etc) (used in place names)

市道

see styles
 shidou / shido
    しどう
city road; municipal road; (place-name, surname) Ichimichi

幅員


幅员

see styles
fú yuán
    fu2 yuan2
fu yüan
 fukuin
    ふくいん
size (i.e. area) of a country, geographical region or school campus etc; (fig.) scope; extent
width (of a road, bridge, etc.)

幹道


干道

see styles
gàn dào
    gan4 dao4
kan tao
arterial road; main road; main watercourse

府道

see styles
 fudou / fudo
    ふどう
prefectural road (in Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures); (surname) Fumichi

廃道

see styles
 haidou / haido
    はいどう
disused road; abandoned road

彎路


弯路

see styles
wān lù
    wan1 lu4
wan lu
winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing something)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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