ミチ
Meanings
Noun
1. road; path; street; lane; passage
2. route; way
3. distance; journey
4. road (e.g. to victory); course
5. way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
6. teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
7. field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
8. means; way; method
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (116 in total)
along the way; along the road
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
mountain road; mountain trail
path; lane
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
reason; logic; method; system; order
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
animal trail; game trail
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
blood vessels
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
the way back; the way home; return trip
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
hill road
roadside; wayside
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
way out; means to escape; escape route
path; route; itinerary
street at night; making a night journey
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
direct unforked road; straight path
along the road; along the way
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
passage; path; route; one's way
detour; diversion
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
route; way; course; directions
way of life
width of a road
snow-covered road
narrow path; narrow lane
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
edge of a street
loitering on the way; wayside grass
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
thorny path
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
way of the sword; swordsmanship
along the road; at the side of the road
trackless path
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
country road
gravel path; gravel road
midway; halfway through; in the course of
road over a mountain pass
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
old road; ancient road
shortcut
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
long road; far journey
path along a cliff
path in a field
route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere)
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)
Third Way (in politics)
stony path; stony road
course of action
water way
assorted (female) medical disorders; blood vessels
street with tramline; railroad track; railroading the opponent straight out of the ring
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
roundabout road; curving road
muddy road
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
uphill road; ascending road
downhill road; descending road
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
branch roads; forked roads; crossroads; two ways (of proceeding)
the way back
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
straight road
fishing line
half a ri (measure of length); halfway
art of tanka poetry
road through the middle; middle road
independent living; means of earning one's living
road for persons of high rank
Silk road
roadside grass; roadside weeds; guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
marital virtues
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
removable ramps for trucks
hidden path
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
the art of classical Japanese poetry
roadside
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
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)
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen
middle of the road; on the road; on the way (to one's destination)
roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)
form of gagaku performed while marching
road leveling; road levelling
Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles)
side road; shortcut
the part of a province furthest from the capital
the part of a province closest to the capital
the part of a province midway from the capital
Examples (143 in total)
Will you please show me the way?
Let's go back the way we came.
It is dangerous to play in the street.