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Meaning of 街道(かいどう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 街道 JLPT 1

Kana Reading かいどう

Romaji kaidō

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

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

Example sentence

休日で車は街道をのろのろと動いた。 The holiday traffic crawled along the highway.

Examples of 街道, かいどう in a sentence

休日で車は街道をのろのろと動いた。

The holiday traffic crawled along the highway.
街道沿いのドライブインで昼食をとった。

We had lunch at a roadside restaurant.
街道は次の村で南へ向かう。

The road tends to the south at the next village.
街道沿いに家が並んでいた。

Houses were lined up alongside the highway.

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Kanji in this word

街 JLPT 1

12 strokes

boulevard, street, town

On'Yomi: ガイ, カイ

Kun'Yomi: まち

道 JLPT 5

12 strokes

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

On'Yomi: ドウ, トウ

Kun'Yomi: みち

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