tool; implement; means; furniture
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
mountain road; mountain trail
railroad; railway; rail transport
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
national road; national highway
roadway; road; carriageway
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
kyūdō; kyudo; Japanese archery
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
road approaching a shrine
second-hand shop; curio shop
Taoist; person of high morals; Buddhist monk; immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
hungry ghost realm; preta realm; magic; sorcery
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
urethral opening; urinary meatus
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
rule by military force; military rule; (way of the) conqueror; path of supremacy
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
learning; studying the fine arts
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
footbridge; pedestrian bridge; pedestrian overpass
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
respiratory tract; air duct
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
normal practice; proper practice
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
trackless; reckless; dissipated
equator; (celestial) equator
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
morality; moral principles
main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
front approach to shrine or temple
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
highway route (Edo period); main route
Taoist teachings; Taoist arts; path to becoming an immortal
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
mountain trail; path up a mountain
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
set of tools (implements); kit; outfit
toilet articles; makeup kit
to jest; to clown (around)
Asura realm; scene of carnage
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
seeker after truth; one who seeks the way
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
old road; ancient road; ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
railroad corporation; railway company
information media; press; news organs
news program; news programme
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
old furniture; curios; secondhand goods
transcontinental railroad
to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
evangelist; evangelistic worker
on the road; side of the road; roadside
Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō)
teachings of Buddha; Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhist enlightenment
Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa); Milky Way Railroad
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
subway; metro; underground railway
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
large, bald-headed monster; giant; large, bald man; big baldy; large monk
libertine; playboy; lazy person; hobbyist
sense of morality; moral sense
male homosexuality; pederasty
press officer; press secretary
railroad network; railroad system
animal realm; unforgivable action; indefensible lifestyle; incest
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
humanism; humanitarianism
service road; frontage road
monk; member of religious order
world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins
the principle of the thing
morally; from a moral point of view; moral (issue, responsibility, etc.); ethical
hungry ghost realm; preta realm
romance (e.g. the Arthurian romances)
continuous track; caterpillar track
martial arts school situated in a town
connecting road; road adjacent to a property
the 8 districts of feudal Japan
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
Hokkaido Government Office
geostationary orbit; geosynchronous orbit
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
classic; traditional; orthodox; proper
high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
side of the road; roadside
news bureau; press bureau
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
low orbit; low Earth orbit; LEO
railway station; train station
judo practitioner; judoka
road maintenance; road improvement
waterworks bureau; water department
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM
deceptive methods; questionable means
the way of karate; karate
moving walkway; moving sidewalk; travelator
news reporter; journalist
the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way
conduit; pipe; duct; vessel
railroad track; rail line
supply line; supply of provisions
Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)
city road; municipal road; the way of trade; the pursuit of profit
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
San'yōdō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'yō region)
endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
versification; tanka poetry
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
disused road; abandoned road
(the path of spiritual) enlightenment; attainment of supreme wisdom; water of life; philosophy
railroad operating over private tracks
iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword)
model train; model railway
newspaper report; press reporting
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)
Hokkaido Prefectural Police
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
low latitudes; equatorial region
traffic infringement; traffic law violation
handcar railroad; handcar railway
railway vehicle; railroad vehicle
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
asphalt road; blacktop; tarmac road
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
having a weakness for fine clothes
(Hokkaido) prefectural; managed by the Hokkaido prefectural government
ceremony to celebrate crossing the equator
plank path (on a steep mountainside, cliff face, etc.); walkway
Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; Hokurikudō; highway running through the Hokuriku region
knight wizard; mage knight
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
cableway; ropeway; aerial lift; cable car
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
earth orbit; geocentric orbit
boardwalk (e.g. over marshy ground); wooden causeway
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
water, power and heating cost; utility cost
ancient Japanese martial arts
Saikaidō (name for the Kyūshū region under the ritsuryō system)
(artistic) accomplishments
Ministry of Railways (1920-1943)
twelve signs of the zodiac
cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless
wrong course; evil course
railway police; railroad police
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
this art or field of study
the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
(public) morals and sentiments
residential road; residential street; neighborhood road
ear canal; external auditory canal; external auditory meatus
press corps; group of reporters
narrow-gauge railway; light railway
train buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan
traditional art of incense appreciation; Way of Fragrance; kōdō
San'indō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'in region)
Cheondoism; Chondoism; Korean religion
womanizing; debauchery; philandering
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
straight path (that people should take); straight road
rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail
the seven districts of ancient Japan
biased coverage; biased media account; bias in reporting
inhumanity; inhuman nature
moral sense; wife of a monk
road network; highway network; highway network system
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. the Cheng-Zhu school of neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Shingaku (Edo-period moral philosophy)
(former) South Manchuria Railway
water rates; water charges
octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
person from Hokkaido; Hokkaido native
long walk; roundabout way
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)
being of firm (unshakable) faith and strict practice
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
middle-of-the-roaders; neutrals
the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts)
instrumental (learning, conditioning, behaviour, etc.)
path of virtue; righteousness
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
monk's self-chosen pseudonym
street vendor; peddler; hawker
tenmondō (form of astrology)
urethral stone; urethral calculus
main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road
Hokkaido Prefectural Police
Sklavenmoral (slave morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious
the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
airway obstruction; respiratory obstruction
monasticism; monastic life
false reporting; fake news
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist
unreasonableness; absurdity; irrationality
bicycle path; bicycle lane; bikeway
intermediate-range ballistic missile; IRBM
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence
procession of oiran through a red-light district (e.g. to meet a regular client; during the Edo period)
imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; I; me
left-of-center faction (group)
railroad construction work
being good; being virtuous; virtuous person
six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning
pre-ejaculate; Cowper's fluid; pre-cum
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
lock pick; lock-opening tools
water rates; water charges
wanyūdō; firewheel; soultaker; burning oxcart wheel bearing the tormented face of a man
there are no shortcuts in learning
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
orbit insertion (e.g. a satellite); orbital injection
Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Limited
prefectural road (in Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures)
ballistic missile defence; ballistic missile defense
administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states
pilgrimage route; pilgrimage road
of strict morals (moral principles); highly moral
right-of-center faction (group); center-right (centre)
evangelist; gospeler; gospeller
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu; Dao De Jing by Laozi
performance calligraphy; large-scale team calligraphy combined with music and dance
very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason
Herrenmoral (master morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
gastroesophageal reflux disease
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen
traffic sign painted on the road
railroad facility; railway equipment
humanity and justice; benevolence and righteousness
vagina; love-making technique
upper respiratory tract; upper airway
upper respiratory tract infection; URTI
where might is master, justice is servant
street (soapbox) oratory; stump oratory
expressway; motorway; freeway; controlled-access highway
very auspicious day for all types of occasions
(prefectural) road in poor condition
prodigal daughter; daughter of loose morals
the imperial way; principles of imperial rule
elevated railroad; elevated railway
Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing
Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
intermediate-range ballistic missile
bicycle path; cycling path; bike lane
the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
capital of Hokkaido (i.e. Sapporo)
trajectory-shifting (e.g. missile)
truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
accessway; access road; connecting path
railway police officer (pre-1987)
railroad security officer
study of calculation (ritsuryō period); the way of calculation
victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)
railway police (Japan); Railway Police Force
road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)
Hokkaido (dog breed); Ainu dog
Daoguang era (of emperor Xuanzong of Qing; 1820-1850)
folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
pedestrian bridge; footbridge
the laws of nature and humanity
humanitarian aid; humanitarian assistance; humanitarian relief
All Japan Kendo Federation
moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
four kinds of birth in the six destinies
Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment
intelligent transportation system; ITS
permit for non-traffic use of public roads (e.g. construction, filming or festivals)
Nagoya Railroad Co.; Meitetsu
people (esp. kids) who spend a lot of time in the streets (of their residential areas), being noisy; group of politicians who support highway construction interests; (lit.) highway tribe
practical ethics (morality)
Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
heliocentric orbit; circumsolar orbit
love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing
(national) road in poor condition
jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff
Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; Zen teachings; Zen
Gyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea); North Gyeongsang Province
Jeollanam-do (South Korea); South Jeolla Province
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
ordinary national road; non-expressway national road
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
gray-water system; grey-water system; recycled waste-water
unreasonable and unjust; unconscionable
inner practice hall (for Buddhism; on the imperial palace grounds)
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
Order of Friars Minor; Franciscans
Dominican Order; Order of Preachers
Hokkaido prefectural road
abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious
all prefectures (of Japan)
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
form of modern martial art using the bayonet
pedestrian bridge; footbridge
coulrophobia; fear of clowns
submarine-launched ballistic missile; SLBM
truth of the way to the cessation of suffering
track-maintenance car; inspection car
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
Hokkaido Prefectural Office
urethritis; inflammation of the urethra
judo therapy; traditional non-surgical osteopathic tissue and bone manipulation therapy
the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period)
flight path of a butterfly
Gyeongsangnam-do (South Korea); South Gyeongsang Province
Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
front road; road in front (of a property)
international humanitarian law; IHL
ICO; Intermediate Circular Orbit
Kinki Nippon Tetsudō (railway company)
Japan Highway Public Corporation; JHPC
Keifuku Electric Railroad
Yokai Dochuki (video game)
moral sense; sense of morality
argument from morality (for the existence of God)
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
outer ring road; orbital road
Jeollabuk-do (South Korea); North Jeolla Province
Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice)
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
semi-major axis (esp. in orbital matters)
Act on Vehicles for Road Transportation
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
lachrymal passage (lacrimal, lacrymal)
incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.)
the ways of heaven; the virtue of good health and strength; the ways of men; the path that men should follow
short-range ballistic missile; SRBM
parkway; road through a park
tea ceremony and flower arranging
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province; Kangwon Province (North Korea)
Gyeonggi-do (South Korea); Gyeonggi Province
Chungcheongbuk-do (South Korea); North Chungcheong Province
Chungcheongnam-do (South Korea); South Chungcheong Province
lower respiratory tract; lower airway
bon voyage; have a nice trip
respiratory tract infection; RTI
Japan Sewage Works Agency
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Japan Biliary Association
companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
royal road progression; koakuma chord progression
Obayashi Road Corporation
International Budo University
portion of a plot of land that is a private road
national highway; national expressway; national motorway
All Japan Judo Federation
system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space
Japan Moral Education Society
prop master; property master
Hokkaido Information University
Kinki Nihon Tetsudō (railway company)
Centrist Reform Alliance (political party formed in 2026)
non-superconducting maglev train
superconducting maglev train
long-distance nature trail
Hokkaido College, Senshu University
Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing
Hiroshima Shudo University
Hokkaido Bunkyo University
centrism; middle-of-the-road politics
Hokkaido University of Science
Japanese National Railways Settlement Corporation; JNR SC
Hokkaido University of Education
underpass; underground crossing
national development arterial expressway
centrist party; middle-of-the-road party
bicycle path; bicycle lane; bikeway
Japan Freight Railway Company
Hokkaido Tokai University
Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation
Hokkaido Wildlife Laboratory
Hokkaido Social Welfare Association
Hokkaidou University of Health Sciences
wild behavior; wild behaviour
Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line
priority road; road on which vehicles have priority at all intersections
Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer
prefectural senior high school (in Hokkaido); public senior high school (in Hokkaido)
VICS; Vehicle Information and Communication Systems
kyūdō dōjō; Japanese archery range
Hokkaido Sociological Association; HSA
double standard of morality
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
intrapartum infection; infection acquired during birth
Kyōdō-kai (yakuza syndicate)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (USA)
Railroad Safety Promotion Conference; TASK
American Water Works Association; AWWA
spirit of chivalry; knightly spirit
instrumental conditioning
esophagoscope; oesophagoscope
road that is narrower than 4 meters but still counts as a valid connecting road for determining if construction is allowed on a plot adjacent to the road
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
ear canal; external auditory canal; external auditory meatus
warrior-style tea ceremony (such as the Enshū school)
Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
Hokkaido Association for Urban Studies
Association of American Railroads; AAR
International Kendo Federation
equatorial countercurrent
Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Co.
Korea Train Express (South Korean bullet train service); KTX
sun-synchronous orbit; heliosynchronous orbit; SSO
International Judo Federation; IJF
push-button (pedestrian) crossing
Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation
Hokkaido Municipal Horse Race Association
Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation
cycling track; cycling road
road that is narrower than 4 meters but still counts as a valid connecting road for determining if construction is allowed on a plot adjacent to the road
road stud; raised pavement marker
anti-ballistic missile; ABM
outer ring road; orbital road
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly elections
railway line; tramway line
loris (esp. a slow loris)
elevated railway; overhead railway
Hokkaido-Tōhoku Development Finance Public Corporation
rail track laid on a road
path taken by school of fish; fish ladder; fishway
(under) Hokkaidō prefectural management
news blackout; news censorship
ward road; special ward road
media blackout; press restrictions
railway ferry; train ferry
Enshuu Railroad Tetsudou Line
road flooding; flooded roads
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972); ABM
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
vaginal canal; vaginal passage
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
Shindo Renmei (Japanese terrorist group active in Brazil in the 1940s)
revenue source set aside for road construction
hybrid orbital; hybridized orbital
obligation for a building site to have access to a public road wider than 4 meters
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
prefectural tax (of Hokkaido)
the ways of the earth; the principle of the earth; the ways of women; the path women should follow
morality police (e.g. in Iran)
forest planted to protect railway tracks from snow, sand, etc.
bulb of penis; urethral bulb
natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)
conventional morality; conventional morals
semi-minor axis (esp. in orbital matters)
Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)
moral decadence (decline, corruption)
cable railway; funicular railway
take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
Prefectural Labour Standards Office
bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland
bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
male homosexuality; pederasty
study of the calendar; way of the calendar
male homosexuality; pederasty