街道

Reading

Kana: かいどう

Romaji: kaidou

Definitions

noun

1

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road

2

highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...)

See also: 出世街道 (reading しゅっせかいどう)

Kanji

街

Readings: ガイ、 カイ、 まち

Meanings: boulevard, street, town

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

Example Sentences

街道(かいどう)は次(つぎ)の村(むら)で南(みなみ)へ向(む)かう。

➥The road tends to the south at the next village.

休日(きゅうじつ)で車(くるま)は街道(かいどう)をのろのろと動(うご)いた。

➥The holiday traffic crawled along the highway.

街道沿(かいどうぞ)いに家(いえ)が並(なら)んでいた。

➥Houses were lined up alongside the highway.

街道沿(かいどうぞ)いのドライブインで昼食(ちゅうしょく)をとった。

➥We had lunch at a roadside restaurant.