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    3. 街道

    街道

    街かい道どう

    highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period)

    N1KMT7News #13+1CoreNounTravel & TransportationAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab24 strokes

    かいどう

    Noun

    1.
    highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period), main road
    2.
    highway (e.g. to success), path (to becoming ...)
    3.
    subdistrict (in China)

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    この街かい道どうは昔むかしから使つかわれています。

    This main road has been used since ancient times.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationHistory
    東とう海かい道どうは江えど戸じだ時いせ代いびに整 備 された主しゅ要ような街かい道どうの一ひとつです。

    The Tokaido was one of the main highways developed during the Edo period.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationHistory
    昔むかしの旅たび人びとは、この街かい道どうを歩あるいて京きょう都とを目め指ざしました。

    Travelers of old walked this main road aiming for Kyoto.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationHistory
    成せい功こうへの街かい道どうは決けっして平へい坦たんではない。

    The path to success is by no means flat.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    街かい道どう沿ぞいには、古ふるい宿しゅく場ば町まちが点てん在ざいしている。

    Old post towns are scattered along the highway.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationHistoryHome & Housing

    Kanji that make up this word

    街
    まち…(3)
    boulevard・street・town
    道
    みち・いう…(7)
    road-way・street・district・journey・course…(2)
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