どう
Meanings
Noun
Abbreviation
1. road; path; street; route
2. way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself
3. moral education
in Japanese schools
4. Buddhist teachings
5. Taoism
6. administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
The governor of Hokkaido announced the prefecture's draft budget.
7. administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
8. province (administrative region of Korea)
9. circuit (administrative region of China)
10. province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (238 in total)
road approaching a shrine
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
unjust; inhuman
tool; implement; means; furniture
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
Tokyo municipal road
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
disused road; abandoned road
morals; morality
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
railroad; railway; rail transport
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
going with; accompanying
Tōsandō (area between the Tōkaidō and Hokurikudō)
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
art of painting
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
subterranean tunnel
humanity; sidewalk; footpath
Taoist; person of high morals; Buddhist monk; immortal mountain wizard; Taoist immortal
imperfect (Buddhist) training; imperfection in one's (Buddhist) training; incomplete training; I; me
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
chivalry
Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
within Hokkaido
performing arts; accomplishment (in performing arts)
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
declaration
sexual passion
monk's self-chosen pseudonym
Buddhist teachings; Buddhist
chivalry; samurai code
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
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)
god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga)
mountain road; mountain trail
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
roadway; road; carriageway
Shinto; Shintoism
the six realms (Deva realm, Asura realm, Human realm, Animal realm, Hungry Ghost realm, Naraka realm)
sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain
kyūdō; kyudo; Japanese archery
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
promenade; esplanade
calligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)
hungry ghost realm; preta realm; magic; sorcery
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
rule by military force; military rule; (way of the) conqueror; path of supremacy
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
guidepost; signpost
Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
side road; shortcut
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
respiratory tract; air duct
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
main street; avenue
main street; avenue
uniform worn in martial arts (judo, kendo, etc.)
paved road; paved street
morality; moral principles
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
prefectural road
highway; main road; the right road; internal medicine (in Chinese medical practice)
Taoist teachings; Taoist arts; path to becoming an immortal
Taoism; Daoism
mountain trail; path up a mountain
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
Asura realm; scene of carnage
village road
birth canal
road sign; signpost
farm road
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
politics
Dao Zang; Taoist canon
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
teachings of Buddha; Buddhist teachings; Buddhist path; Buddhist enlightenment
new road
subway; metro; underground railway
ordinary road; local street; non-toll road
one road; ray (of hope)
private road; driveway
moon's path
on the road
male homosexuality; pederasty
male homosexuality; pederasty
animal realm; unforgivable action; indefensible lifestyle; incest
conduit; pipe; duct; vessel
service road; frontage road
on the road; side of the road; roadside
world of the tengu; hell of the long-nosed goblins
hungry ghost realm; preta realm
Taoist
to stand to reason
moral sense
the 8 districts of feudal Japan
Hokkaido Government Office
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
humaneness; human realm
the way of karate; karate
supply line; supply of provisions
city road; municipal road; the way of trade; the pursuit of profit
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
Taoist temple
San'yōdō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'yō region)
expressway; motorway
iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword)
naraka (hell) realm
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (ancient Chinese Daoist movement later known as The Way of the Celestial Masters)
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
the art of medicine
cableway; ropeway; aerial lift; cable car
boardwalk (e.g. over marshy ground); wooden causeway
brutality; inhumanity
Road Traffic Act
(artistic) accomplishments
chairman of the Aikikai (Aikido World Headquarters)
wrong course; evil course
duty of a teacher
Nankaidō (alt. name for the Shikoku region)
ear canal; external auditory canal; external auditory meatus
Taoist; moralist
moral sense
traditional art of incense appreciation; Way of Fragrance; kōdō
San'indō (province roughly corresponding to the modern San'in region)
filial piety
straight path (that people should take); straight road
the seven districts of ancient Japan
moral sense; wife of a monk
monks and laity
exemplum
bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
military road
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. the Cheng-Zhu school of neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Shingaku (Edo-period moral philosophy)
Asura realm
path of virtue; righteousness
all Hokkaido
the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha)
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo)
form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period)
the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts)
kūdō (martial art form)
tenmondō (form of astrology)
main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road
attaining salvation
false reporting; fake news
inappropriate means to a worthy end; expediency
the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence
bicycle path; bicycle lane; bikeway
Confucianism
being good; being virtuous; virtuous person
woman's duties
coarse rice powder
central Hokkaido
administrative reform proposal, involving integration of prefectures into 7 or 9 states
vagina; love-making technique
prefectural road (in Osaka and Kyoto Prefectures)
pilgrimage route; pilgrimage road
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
auxiliary logging road
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
upper respiratory tract; upper airway
folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
(prefectural) road in poor condition
truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
study of calculation (ritsuryō period); the way of calculation
road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)
capital of Hokkaido (i.e. Sapporo)
drama; dramatic art
(national) road in poor condition
dangerous road
Zen ascetic practices; Zen meditation; Zen teachings; Zen
town road
Jeollanam-do (South Korea); South Jeolla Province
governor of Hokkaido
Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell
form of modern martial art using the bayonet
unreasonable and unjust; unconscionable
truth of the way to the cessation of suffering
Taoism and Buddhism
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
flight path of a butterfly
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto); Hokkaido and other prefectures
Hokkaido prefectural road
international humanitarian law; IHL
outer ring road; orbital road
Gangwon-do (South Korea); Gangwon Province; Kangwon Province (North Korea)
Gyeonggi-do (South Korea); Gyeonggi Province
Jeollabuk-do (South Korea); North Jeolla Province
front road; road in front (of a property)
the ways of heaven; the virtue of good health and strength; the ways of men; the path that men should follow
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
prefectural tax (of Hokkaido)
ward road; special ward road
outside Hokkaido
the ways of the earth; the principle of the earth; the ways of women; the path women should follow
airway; air duct
vaginal canal; vaginal passage
Kodokan Judo Institute
Japan Biliary Association
Association of American Railroads; AAR
Shindo Renmei (Japanese terrorist group active in Brazil in the 1940s)
male homosexuality; pederasty
male homosexuality; pederasty
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
study of the calendar; way of the calendar
Examples (1 in total)
The governor of Hokkaido announced the prefecture's draft budget.