JLPT N1 · Noun

街道 (kaidou)

街道 (かいどう, kaidou) is a Japanese noun meaning “highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かいどう
Romaji: kaidou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road · noun
highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) · noun
subdistrict (in China) · noun

Example sentences

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.

Tatoeba #184639

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 街道

街

boulevard, street, townガイ・カイ・まち · 12 strokes

道

road-way, street, districtドウ・トウ・みち・いう · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 街道.

街まちtown街角まちかどstreet corner街がいstreet街頭がいとう(on the) street道みちroad柔道じゅうどうjudo水道すいどうwater supply道具どうぐtool鉄道てつどうrailroad道徳どうとくmorals道路どうろroad歩道ほどうfootpath片道かたみちone-way (trip)書道しょどうcalligraphy (esp. Asian calligraphy based on Chinese characters)

Source: JMdict entry 1204650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.