英和和英

読み方 どう

名詞

1

（＝みち）a road

2

［地理］A zone

用例

• 東海道
  the Eastern Maritime Zone

• 東山道
  the Eastern Mountainous Zone

3

（＝そのみち）an art; a cult

用例

• 茶道
  （遊芸としては）the art of tea-making―（修養としては）―the tea cult

• 仏道
  the Buddhistic cult―Buddhism
• 儒道
  the Confucian cult―Confucianism
• 武士道
  the samurai cult―the path of the samurai―Japanese chivalry

読み方 みち

名詞

1

（＝道路）a road:（公道）a highway:（人道）a path:（行く道）a way:（通路）a passage:（道筋）a route:（往還）a thoroughfare:（踏み慣らした路）a track:（通り）a street:（市街）the streets

用例

• （雨が降って）道が悪い
  The roads are bad.

• お話にならない道だ
  The roads are execrable.
• この道はどこへ行く道か
  Where does this road lead to?
• この道は停車場へ行く道だ
  This road leads to the station
  This is the way to the station.
• この道を行けば停車場へ出ます
  This road will take you to the station.
• どの道を行けば停車場へ出ますか
  Which road shall I take to get to the station?
• 右の方の道をお出でなさい
  Take the road to the right!
• この道を真っすぐに行けば停車場へ出ます
  Follow this street, and you will find yourself at the station.
• 失敗は成功に到るの道
  Failure is the way to success.
• 徳行は幸福に到るの道、不徳は不幸に到るの道
  Virtue leads to happiness, vice to misery.
• 滅亡に到るの道は広し
  “Broad is the path that leads to destruction.”【イディオム・格言的】
• この前はこの道を来なかった
  We did not come by this way.
• どの道を来たか
  By which way did you come?
• 道はどこを通るか
  Where does the road run?
• 道は崖縁を通る
  The road runs along the edge of a precipice.
• 道を通る
  to pass along a road
• 道を歩く
  to walk down a road―（上り坂に限って）―walk up a road―（市街なら）―walk the streets
• この道を通ったことが無い
  I never passed along this road―never went down this road.
• 婦人が子どもをぞろぞろ連れて道を歩いているのをよく見かける
  I often see her walking the streets with her children at her heels.
• 路を拾って歩く
  to pick one's steps through the mire
• 道に迷う
  to lose one's way―go astray―stray
• 道に迷いそうだ
  I am afraid I shall lose my way.
• 道に迷って山奥に入った
  I strayed into the depths of the mountains.
• 道を間違える
  to mistake the road―take the wrong road
• 道を聞く
  to ask the way―inquire the way
• 停車場へ行く道を聞いた
  I inquired the way to the station.
• 道を教える
  to show one the way―tell one the way
• 誰かに道を教えてお貰い
  Get some one to show you the way.
• 道を開く
  to open a way―clear the track
• 道を明けろ
  Clear the track!
• 群衆が道を開いて一行を通した
  The crowd made way for the party.
• 後進のために道を開く
  to make room for one's juniors―give place to one's juniors
• 彼は後進のために道を開く為に職を辞した
  He resigned his post to make way for his juniors―in favour of his juniors.
• （改革などの）道を開く
  to pave the way for reform
• （新鉱山などへ）道を付ける
  to make a road―build a road―to a new mine
• 道をふさぐ
  to bar the way―block the passage―stand in the way
• 馬車で道がふさがっている
  The street is blocked with carriages.
• 道に当る
  to lie in the way
• 郵便局は道だ
  The Post Office lies in my way.
• 道を譲る
  to give one the wall
• 道を譲らぬ
  to take the wall of one
• 道が分れる
  A road branches off
  One comes to a parting of the ways.
• 道に捨てたるを拾わず
  One should not pick up what one finds on the road.
• 踏み慣らした路
  a beaten track
• 逃げ路
  a way of escape―a way out （of the difficulty）

2

（＝途、途中）（on） the way; （on） the road

用例

• 途で尋ねた
  I inquired on the way.

• ここへ来る途で尋ねた
  I inquired on my way here.
• 途で尋ねて家がわかった
  I found the house by inquiring on the way―by inquiring on my way here.
• 学校へ行く途で逢った
  I met him on my way to school.
• うちへ帰る途で立寄った
  I looked in on my way home.
• 道が遠いから途で暇をつぶす
  I spend much time on the road.
• 君は途で逢ったらわからないほど変わった
  I should not know you if I met you in the streets.
• 途から取って返す
  to turn back―retrace one's steps―double on one's tracks

3

（＝路程）a way; a journey; the distance; ground

用例

• 路が遠い
  The way is long
  It is a long way off
  The distances are long.

• 王子までは路が遠い
  It is a long way to Oji.
• 路が遠いから途中で暇をつぶす
  The distances are so long that I waste time on the road.
• 昔は十日の路であった
  It used to be a ten days' journey.
• 今日は路がはかどった
  We have done a good journey today.
• 幾里の路を越す
  to go over （or cover） so much ground
• 十マイルの路を越す
  to cover ten miles of ground
• 駿馬たちまち十マイルの路を越す
  Ten miles are soon gone over on a swift horse.
• 君と僕は同じ路を踏んでいる
  We have gone over the same ground.
• 半分路
  half-way
• 名古屋は東京と京都の半分路だ
  Nagoya lies half-way between Tokyo and Kyoto.
• 道の半分は歩いた
  I walked one half of the distance―I did half the distance―on foot.

4

（＝里）a ri; a Japanese mile

• そこまでは半道だ
  It is only half a ri off.

5

（＝歩行）walking

用例

• 君は道に強いか
  Are you a good walker?―a good pedestrian?

• 僕は道に弱い
  I am a poor walker―a poor pedestrian.

6

（＝方法、方針）a way; a path; a course; an avenue; means

用例

• 道を探る
  to adopt a course―take a course

• どの道をとろうか
  What course shall I adopt?
• 探るべき道はほかに無い
  There is no other course
  There is no alternative
  This is the only course open to me.
• 時機を待つよりほかに道は無い
  This is nothing for it but to wait
  We have no choice but to wait.
• 安全な道を踏む
  to tread a safe path―take a safe course
• 危険な道を踏む
  to tread a dangerous path―take a dangerous course
• 出世の道
  a way to advancement
  an avenue for advancement
• 才子には出世の道がいくらもある
  Careers are open to talent.
• 生活の道
  means of livelihood
• 生活の道を立てる
  to gain one's livelihood―get one's living
• 生活の道を立ててやる
  I will put you in the way of getting your own living.
• この金の使い道が無い
  I do not know how to use this money―what to do with this money.

7

（＝教えの道）the path （of virtue or duty）; virtue; right truth; （whose） teachings, doctrines, principles

用例

• 人たるの道
  the path of duty―the whole duty of man

• 人たるの道を踏む
  to walk the path of duty―walk with God
• 人たるの道を踏み迷う
  to err from the path of duty
• 武士の道
  the path of the samurai―chivalry
• 女の道
  the path of virtue―female honour―good principles
• 彼女は女の道を心得ている
  She has good principles.
• 女の道を踏み迷う
  to stray from the path of virtue
• 道を修める
  to cultivate virtue
• 道に従う
  to follow the path of virtue―follow the path of right
• 道を学ぶ
  to learn the path of virtue―learn the truth
• 朝に道を聞けば夕に死すとも可なり
  If I hear the truth today, I shall be content to die tomorrow.
• 道を伝える
  to preach the truth
• 道ならぬ事をする
  to err from the path of right―do wrong
• 道ならぬ恋
  illicit love―（女なら）―misplaced affections
• 道ならぬ商売
  unlawful trade―iniquitous trade
• 孔孟の道
  the teachings of Confucius and Mencius―Confucianism
• 孔孟の道を学ぶ
  to study Confucianism
• 孔孟の道を説く
  to expound the doctrines of Confucianism―preach Confucianism

8

（＝専門）a line of business; an art; a subjects; a trade; a profession; a specialty

用例

• その道に明るい
  to be in the line―in the business―in the trade―versed in the subject―skilled in the art

• その道に暗からず
  He is skilled in the art.
• 商売は道によって賢し
  “Every man to his trade.”【イディオム・格言的】
• その道を極める
  to master one's subject―make oneself master of one's business
• 彼はその道を極めている
  He is master of his business―（女なら）―She is mistress of her business.
• その道の極意を極める
  to be initiated into the mysteries of the art
• その道の為に尽くす
  to devote oneself to one's art
• その道の人
  a specialist
  a professional
  an expert
• その道の人に聞いてみた
  I have consulted a specialist.
• その道の大家だ
  He is an authority on the subject―a master of his business―an adept in the art.
• その道の連中
  men in the line―（men of） the fancy

9

〈その他〉

用例

• 恋の道
  the lore of love

• 越すに越されぬ恋の道
  One can not get over love.
• 蛇の道は蛇【イディオム・格言的】
  “Set a thief to catch a thief”
  “Like knows like.”
• （女が）血の道を起こす
  to be ill of fright