road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
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)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
the way back; the way home; return trip
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
railroad; railway; rail transport
mountain road; mountain trail
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to lose one's way; to get lost
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)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
way out; means to escape; escape route
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
national road; national highway
street at night; making a night journey
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
along the road; along the way
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
roadway; road; carriageway
direct unforked road; straight path
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
press officer; press secretary
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
passage; path; route; one's way
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
detour; circuitous route; diversion
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
road approaching a shrine
route; way; course; directions
reason; logic; method; system; order
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
information media; press; news organs
kyūdō; kyudo; Japanese archery
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
mountain trail; path up a mountain
second-hand shop; curio shop
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
respiratory tract; air duct
the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)
to open a pathway (to); to find a way (to); to open the door (to); to pave the way (for)
footbridge; pedestrian bridge; pedestrian overpass
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
halfway (through, complete); midway
along the road; at the side of the road
news media; news organization; newspeople; people in the press
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
urethral opening; urinary meatus
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping; coat worn over a woman's kimono
rule by military force; military rule; (way of the) conqueror; path of supremacy
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
along the way; along the road
railroad corporation; railway company
loitering on the way; wayside grass
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
normal practice; proper practice
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
high-speed rail; rapid (rail) transit
trackless; reckless; dissipated
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
the sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
equator; (celestial) equator
way of the sword; swordsmanship
city road; municipal road; the way of trade; the pursuit of profit
morality; moral principles
martial arts stadium; (Nippon) Budokan (indoor arena in Tokyo)
to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
immorality; iniquity; impropriety
uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile; ICBM
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
to ask for directions; to ask the way
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery
to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit
Taoist; person of high morals; Buddhist monk; immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal
front approach to shrine or temple
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
set of tools (implements); kit; outfit
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
way; road; way to ...; road to ...
toilet articles; makeup kit
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
to seek a path; to find one's way
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
learning; studying the fine arts
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
news program; news programme
to jest; to clown (around)
train buff; railway enthusiast; trainspotter; railfan
waterworks bureau; water department
road over a mountain pass
intermediate-range ballistic missile; IRBM
seeker after truth; one who seeks the way
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
side of the road; roadside
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
highway route (Edo period); main route
right-of-center faction (group); center-right (centre)
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
hungry ghost realm; preta realm; magic; sorcery
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
short-range ballistic missile; SRBM
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
road maintenance; road improvement
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
martial arts area (within a school, gym, etc.)
to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way
All Japan Judo Federation
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
to loiter (on the way); to waste time
left-of-center faction (group)
humanism; humanitarianism
Asura realm; scene of carnage
libertine; playboy; lazy person; hobbyist
news bureau; press bureau
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping; coat worn over a woman's kimono
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
railway vehicle; railroad vehicle
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
railroad network; railroad system
Taoist teachings; Taoist arts; path to becoming an immortal
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
submarine-launched ballistic missile; SLBM
old furniture; curios; secondhand goods
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
low latitudes; equatorial region
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
service road; frontage road
teachings of Buddha; Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhist enlightenment
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
evangelist; evangelistic worker
sense of morality; moral sense
to ask for directions; to ask the way
the principle of the thing
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
old road; ancient road; ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning
large, bald-headed monster; giant; large, bald man; big baldy; large monk
to lose one's way; to be at a loss
inhumanity; inhuman nature
male homosexuality; pederasty
judo practitioner; judoka
animal realm; unforgivable action; indefensible lifestyle; incest
middle-of-the-roaders; neutrals
the way of karate; karate
expressway; motorway; freeway; controlled-access highway
morally; from a moral point of view; moral (issue, responsibility, etc.); ethical
Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa); Milky Way Railroad
detour; circuitous route; diversion
water rates; water charges
transcontinental railroad
administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states
having a companion makes the journey easier; travel is better with company
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
San'yōdō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'yō region)
Hokkaido Government Office
classic; traditional; orthodox; proper
Ministry of Railways (1920-1943)
detour; circuitous route; diversion
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō)
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
geostationary orbit; geosynchronous orbit
hungry ghost realm; preta realm
residential road; residential street; neighborhood road
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
martial arts school situated in a town
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
continuous track; caterpillar track
model train; model railway
moving walkway; moving sidewalk; travelator
assorted (female) medical disorders; blood vessels
subway; metro; underground railway
the sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Osaka and Kyoto)
low orbit; low Earth orbit; LEO
railway station; train station
side of the road; roadside
downhill road; descending road
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
(Hokkaido) prefectural; managed by the Hokkaido prefectural government
roundabout road; curving road
ballistic missile defence; ballistic missile defense
street with tramline; railroad track; railroading the opponent straight out of the ring
on the road; side of the road; roadside
Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; Hokurikudō; highway running through the Hokuriku region
ladybug; ladybird; lady beetle; Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
railroad track; rail line
monk; member of religious order
news reporter; journalist
deceptive methods; questionable means
all prefectures (of Japan)
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
International Judo Federation; IJF
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
international humanitarian law; IHL
prodigal son; wastrel son; son of loose morals
newspaper report; press reporting
romance (e.g. the Arthurian romances)
route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere)
road through the middle; middle road
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
supply line; supply of provisions
Act on Vehicles for Road Transportation
following the road; the way the road goes
along the way; along the road
versification; tanka poetry
traffic infringement; traffic law violation
humanitarian aid; humanitarian assistance; humanitarian relief
horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido
(the path of spiritual) enlightenment; attainment of supreme wisdom; water of life; philosophy
the principle of the thing
road flooding; flooded roads
rail transport (transportation, transit); transport by rail
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (USA)
outer ring road; orbital road
straight path (that people should take); straight road
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to lose one's way; to get lost
prefectural road (in Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures)
Shintō Munen-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Fukui Hyōemon Kahei in the 18th century)
disused road; abandoned road
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
in traveling, a companion; in life, sympathy
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
completing the path to becoming a Buddha (by attaining enlightenment)
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword)
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
conduit; pipe; duct; vessel
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
branch roads; forked roads; crossroads; two ways (of proceeding)
uphill road; ascending road
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)
Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Co.
San'indō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'in region)
fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)
to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)
the 8 districts of feudal Japan
Hokkaido Prefectural Police
boardwalk (e.g. over marshy ground); wooden causeway
orbit insertion (e.g. a satellite); orbital injection
world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins
the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way
Arcadia, presided over by a virtuous king
road repair; road construction; roadworks
asphalt road; blacktop; tarmac road
having a weakness for fine clothes
road network; highway network; highway network system
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
plank path (on a steep mountainside, cliff face, etc.); walkway
railway police; railroad police
(artistic) accomplishments
water, power and heating cost; utility cost
cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless
half a ri (measure of length); halfway
this art or field of study
uphill road; ascending road
earth orbit; geocentric orbit
State Shintō; nationalistic and ideological form of Shinto, abolished in 1945
wrong course; evil course
(public) morals and sentiments
Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)
railway police (Japan); Railway Police Force
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
twelve signs of the zodiac
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. the Cheng-Zhu school of neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Shingaku (Edo-period moral philosophy)
ear canal; external auditory canal; external auditory meatus
(under) Hokkaidō prefectural management
ancient Japanese martial arts
Hokkaidou University of Health Sciences
the Five Highways (radiating from Edo)
narrow-gauge railway; light railway
railroad facility; railway equipment
biased coverage; biased media account; bias in reporting
independent living; means of earning one's living
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
railroad operating over private tracks
cableway; ropeway; aerial lift; cable car
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
ward road; special ward road
press corps; group of reporters
intercontinental ballistic missile; ICBM
womanizing; debauchery; philandering
Kinki Nippon Tetsudō (railway company)
passage; path; route; one's way
to loiter (on the way); to waste time
knight wizard; mage knight
traditional art of incense appreciation; Way of Fragrance; kōdō
elevated railroad; elevated railway
the seven districts of ancient Japan
moral sense; wife of a monk
Steppe Route (precursor to the Silk Road)
Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Limited
to make a road; to give an elementary lesson
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
performance calligraphy; large-scale team calligraphy combined with music and dance
Gyeonggi-do (South Korea); Gyeonggi Province
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
ceremony to celebrate crossing the equator
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
Hokkaido University of Education
Tao; Dao; fundamental principle of the universe (in Taoism)
winter road; roads in the winter
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
(former) South Manchuria Railway
steep mountain road; dangerous mountain path
moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
bicycle path; bicycle lane; bikeway
centrist party; middle-of-the-road party
Hokkaido Prefectural Police
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
long walk; roundabout way
to ask for directions; to ask the way
in traveling, a companion; in life, sympathy
violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious
connecting road; road adjacent to a property
handcar railroad; handcar railway
form of modern martial art using the bayonet
Saikaidō (name for the Kyūshū region under the ritsuryō system)
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)
octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
person from Hokkaido; Hokkaido native
accessway; access road; connecting path
upper respiratory tract; upper airway
trajectory-shifting (e.g. missile)
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
instrumental (learning, conditioning, behaviour, etc.)
traffic sign painted on the road
path of virtue; righteousness
the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts)
being of firm (unshakable) faith and strict practice
pilgrimage route; pilgrimage road
water rates; water charges
monk's self-chosen pseudonym
street vendor; peddler; hawker
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices
urethral stone; urethral calculus
the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
railroad construction work
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
unreasonableness; absurdity; irrationality
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
roundabout road; curving road
Cheondoism; Chondoism; Korean religion
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
All Japan Kendo Federation
revenue source set aside for road construction
Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
capital of Hokkaido (i.e. Sapporo)
tenmondō (form of astrology)
Sklavenmoral (slave morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
Folk Shinto; syncretized Shinto sect
main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road
muddy racetrack; overly wet racetrack; racetrack in bad condition; road in poor condition; miry road; muddy road
airway obstruction; respiratory obstruction
monasticism; monastic life
false reporting; fake news
Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist
Nagoya Railroad Co.; Meitetsu
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence
Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido College of Nursing
path taken by school of fish; fish ladder; fishway
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
Gyeongsangbuk-do (South Korea); North Gyeongsang Province
roadside grass; roadside weeds; guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province; Kangwon Province (North Korea)
procession of oiran through a red-light district (e.g. to meet a regular client; during the Edo period)
six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; I; me
being good; being virtuous; virtuous person
pre-ejaculate; Cowper's fluid; pre-cum
to come to a mountain path
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
Hokkaido Social Welfare Association
lock pick; lock-opening tools
challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning
bicycle path; cycling path; bike lane
Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
removable ramps for trucks
wanyūdō; firewheel; soultaker; burning oxcart wheel bearing the tormented face of a man
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
road for persons of high rank
libertine; playboy; lazy person; hobbyist
there are no shortcuts in learning
of strict morals (moral principles); highly moral
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
way out; means to escape; escape route
upper respiratory tract infection; URTI
Japan Highway Public Corporation; JHPC
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
gastroesophageal reflux disease
Herrenmoral (master morality, as a philosophical concept of Nietzsche)
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
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
very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu; Dao De Jing by Laozi
evangelist; gospeler; gospeller
halfway (through, complete); midway
octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
Suika Shinto (fusion of Shinto with Chinese elements, esp. neo-Confucianism); Shidemasu Shinto
humanity and justice; benevolence and righteousness
Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing
Hokkaido Prefectural Office
(prefectural) road in poor condition
the imperial way; principles of imperial rule
prodigal daughter; daughter of loose morals
where might is master, justice is servant
street (soapbox) oratory; stump oratory
Obayashi Road Corporation
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
to lead astray; to lure a person to evil ways
very auspicious day for all types of occasions
Sect Shintō; group of folk religious sects, as opposed to State Shintō and later Shrine Shintō
intermediate-range ballistic missile
Hokkaido Information University
host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
Japanese National Railways (1949-1987)
study of calculation (ritsuryō period); the way of calculation
the art of classical Japanese poetry
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
the sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
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
railroad security officer
the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
in traveling, a companion; in life, sympathy
jōdō; form of martial art using a cane staff
railway police officer (pre-1987)
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)
truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
Hokkaido (dog breed); Ainu dog
road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata); seven-spot ladybird
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
Hiroshima Shudo University
folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
following the road; the way the road goes
Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism)
the laws of nature and humanity
four kinds of birth in the six destinies
love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing
not writing or visiting someone; (lit.) road of the weasel
Bodhi Day; Buddhist holiday on December 8 to celebrate Shakyamuni's enlightenment
pedestrian bridge; footbridge
priority road; road on which vehicles have priority at all intersections
road for persons of high rank
practical ethics (morality)
Jeet Kune Do (martial art founded by Bruce Lee)
(national) road in poor condition
vagina; love-making technique
the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off
permit for non-traffic use of public roads (e.g. construction, filming or festivals)
intelligent transportation system; ITS
heliocentric orbit; circumsolar orbit
Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; Zen teachings; Zen
Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)
procession of oiran through a red-light district (e.g. to meet a regular client; during the Edo period)
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
truth of the way to the cessation of suffering
gray-water system; grey-water system; recycled waste-water
Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
Chungcheongnam-do (South Korea); South Chungcheong Province
if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret
in traveling, a companion; in life, sympathy
shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
track-maintenance car; inspection car
Order of Friars Minor; Franciscans
Jeollabuk-do (South Korea); North Jeolla Province
Railroad Safety Promotion Conference; TASK
ordinary national road; non-expressway national road
unreasonable and unjust; unconscionable
pedestrian bridge; footbridge
if a man hears the Way in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret
urethritis; inflammation of the urethra
inner practice hall (for Buddhism; on the imperial palace grounds)
judo therapy; traditional non-surgical osteopathic tissue and bone manipulation therapy
Dominican Order; Order of Preachers
Hokkaido prefectural road
coulrophobia; fear of clowns
abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious
Jeollanam-do (South Korea); South Jeolla Province
Japan Moral Education Society
Gyeongsangnam-do (South Korea); South Gyeongsang Province
the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period)
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
anti-ballistic missile; ABM
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972); ABM
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
Keifuku Electric Railroad
horse native to Hokkaido; person born and raised in Hokkaido
argument from morality (for the existence of God)
Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice)
International Budo University
Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer
cycling track; cycling road
flower of chivalry (Bushido)
semi-major axis (esp. in orbital matters)
Daoguang era (of emperor Xuanzong of Qing; 1820-1850)
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen
Hokkaido College, Senshu University
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
there are no shortcuts in learning
tea ceremony and flower arranging
the three weapons for catching criminals (Edo period)
trust the judgement of the experienced; (lit.) an old horse won't forget the way
front road; road in front (of a property)
railway ferry; train ferry
the sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
ICO; Intermediate Circular Orbit
Yokai Dochuki (video game)
parkway; road through a park
moral sense; sense of morality
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation
challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
not writing or visiting someone; (lit.) road of the weasel
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
incense set (e.g. burner, tray, tongs, etc.)
middle of the road; on the road; on the way (to one's destination)
flight path of a butterfly
the ways of heaven; the virtue of good health and strength; the ways of men; the path that men should follow
Korea Train Express (South Korean bullet train service); KTX
Chungcheongbuk-do (South Korea); North Chungcheong Province
lachrymal passage (lacrimal, lacrymal)
Imperial Household Shinto
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
Taoist teachings; Taoist arts; path to becoming an immortal
The Narrow Road to the Deep North (chronicle by Matsuo Basho, published in 1702)
bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
meadow bunting (species of passerine, Emberiza cioides)
Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Co.
Shigaraki Kōgen Railway Co.
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
octopus; man with a bald or shaven head
deva realm (svarga); path in the heavens
to come to a mountain path
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
Tao Te Ching (classic Chinese text by Lao Tzu); Daodejing
road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)
Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus)
Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); harlequin ladybird; Halloween beetle
lower respiratory tract; lower airway
tea ceremony and flower arranging
Shintoist; follower of Shintoism
double standard of morality
wild behavior; wild behaviour
to stray from the path of righteousness
cable railway; funicular railway
superconducting maglev train
superconducting maglev train
non-superconducting maglev train
railroading an opponent straight out of the ring
conventional morality; conventional morals
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
moral decadence (decline, corruption)
companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
male homosexuality; pederasty
male homosexuality; pederasty
Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
bon voyage; have a nice trip
instrumental conditioning
instrumental conditioning
one-way airline ticket; one-way plane ticket
the path to Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)
roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
Shinto Shūsei-ha (sect of Shinto)
Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto)
Shinto Taiseikyō (sect of Shinto)
the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)
Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
Hie Shinto (form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles)
Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles)
VICS; Vehicle Information and Communication Systems
Art of the Brush (esp. school of Japanese Zen calligraphy)
semi-minor axis (esp. in orbital matters)
study of the calendar; way of the calendar
ballistic-missile shoot-down order; order to shoot down a ballistic missile
bulbourethral gland; Cowper's gland
system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space
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)
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)
Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)
Uden Shinto (Shinto doctrines enunciated by Kamo no Norikiyo of Kamigamo Shrine)
Unden Shinto (branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings)
Goryū Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto)
syncretized Shinto; amalgamated Shinto
Shingon Shinto; any branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings
Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)
Miwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period)
Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto
national development arterial expressway
esophagoscope; oesophagoscope
natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)
outer ring road; orbital road
form of gagaku performed while marching
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly elections
prefectural senior high school (in Hokkaido); public senior high school (in Hokkaido)
equatorial countercurrent
road leveling; road levelling
loris (esp. a slow loris)
the part of a province furthest from the capital
the part of a province furthest from the capital
the part of a province closest to the capital
part of a province midway from the capital
elevated railway; overhead railway
prop master; property master
take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)
respiratory tract infection; RTI
bicycle path; bicycle lane; bikeway
prefectural tax (of Hokkaido)
warrior-style tea ceremony (such as the Enshū school)
centrism; middle-of-the-road politics
railway line; tramway line
obligation for a building site to have access to a public road wider than 4 meters
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 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 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
national highway; national expressway; national motorway
long-distance nature trail
push-button (pedestrian) crossing
forest planted to protect railway tracks from snow, sand, etc.
road stud; raised pavement marker
road stud; raised pavement marker
rail track laid on a road
portion of a plot of land that is a private road
underpass; underground crossing
morality police (e.g. in Iran)
intrapartum infection; infection acquired during birth
the ways of the earth; the principle of the earth; the ways of women; the path women should follow
news blackout; news censorship
sun-synchronous orbit; heliosynchronous orbit; SSO
royal road progression; koakuma chord progression
bulb of penis; urethral bulb
vaginal canal; vaginal passage
vaginal canal; vaginal passage
ear canal; external auditory canal; external auditory meatus
Centrist Reform Alliance (political party formed in 2026)
spirit of chivalry; knightly spirit
kyūdō dōjō; Japanese archery range
media blackout; press restrictions
hybrid orbital; hybridized orbital
Enshuu Railroad Tetsudou Line
Kinki Nihon Tetsudō (railway company)
International Kendo Federation
Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation
International Shinto Foundation; ISF
Shintoshu (14th century Japanese Shinto text)
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Prefectural Labour Standards Office
Japan Sewage Works Agency
Japan Freight Railway Company
Japanese National Railways Settlement Corporation; JNR SC
Japan Biliary Association
Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
Toyama Chihō Railway Tateyama Line
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
American Water Works Association; AWWA
Association of American Railroads; AAR
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Hokkaido Municipal Horse Race Association
Hokkaido Sociological Association; HSA
Hokkaido Association for Urban Studies
Hokkaido Tokai University
Hokkaido-Tōhoku Development Finance Public Corporation
Hokkaido Wildlife Laboratory
Shindo Renmei (Japanese terrorist group active in Brazil in the 1940s)
Shindo Renmei (Japanese terrorist group active in Brazil in the 1940s)
Hokkaido Bunkyo University
Hokkaido Chitose College of Rehabilitation
Hokkaido University of Science
Kyōdō-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Kyōdō-kai (yakuza syndicate)
Kasuganomichi Station (Hankyu)
greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto)
terribly; awfully; dreadfully; extremely; severely; very (much)