road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
the way back; the way home; return trip
mountain road; mountain trail
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
way out; means to escape; escape route
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
to lose one's way; to get lost
street at night; making a night journey
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
direct unforked road; straight path
along the road; along the way
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
passage; path; route; one's way
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
detour; circuitous route; diversion
reason; logic; method; system; order
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
route; way; course; directions
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping; coat worn over a woman's kimono
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
way of the sword; swordsmanship
along the way; along the road
loitering on the way; wayside grass
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
along the road; at the side of the road
to open a pathway (to); to find a way (to); to open the door (to); to pave the way (for)
halfway (through, complete); midway
to ask for directions; to ask the way
road over a mountain pass
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
old road; ancient road; ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
to seek a path; to find one's way
to loiter (on the way); to waste time
side of the road; roadside
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
to lose one's way; to be at a loss
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
having a companion makes the journey easier; travel is better with company
to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
assorted (female) medical disorders; blood vessels
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
street with tramline; railroad track; railroading the opponent straight out of the ring
downhill road; descending road
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
roundabout road; curving road
route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere)
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
following the road; the way the road goes
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
road repair; road construction; roadworks
branch roads; forked roads; crossroads; two ways (of proceeding)
in traveling, a companion; in life, sympathy
uphill road; ascending road
road through the middle; middle road
half a ri (measure of length); halfway
independent living; means of earning one's living
steep mountain road; dangerous mountain path
to make a road; to give an elementary lesson
Steppe Route (precursor to the Silk Road)
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
long walk; roundabout way
muddy racetrack; overly wet racetrack; racetrack in bad condition; road in poor condition; miry road; muddy road
roadside grass; roadside weeds; guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
to come to a mountain path
winter road; roads in the winter
road for persons of high rank
removable ramps for trucks
pilgrimage route; pilgrimage road
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
to lead astray; to lure a person to evil ways
the art of classical Japanese poetry
not writing or visiting someone; (lit.) road of the weasel
the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off
if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret
middle of the road; on the road; on the way (to one's destination)
trust the judgement of the experienced; (lit.) an old horse won't forget the way
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
to stray from the path of righteousness
not to write to or visit someone; (lit.) road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again)
form of gagaku performed while marching
railroading an opponent straight out of the ring
roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)
one-way airline ticket; one-way plane ticket
road leveling; road levelling
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
part of a province midway from the capital
the part of a province furthest from the capital
the part of a province closest to the capital
Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles)
the path to Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)
Kasuganomichi Station (Hankyu)