• 道みち — road, path, way
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• 道徳どうとく — morals, ethics
• 書道しょどう — calligraphy (lit. “way of writing”)
• 柔道じゅうどう — judo
• 歩道ほどう — sidewalk, walkway
• 道路どうろ — road, street

道 originally meant a route or track for people or carts. Over time, it came to represent both literal roads and metaphorical paths—like ways of thinking, arts, or life disciplines, as seen in words like 書道 (calligraphy) and 武道 (martial arts).

この道みちをまっすぐ行ってください。
Please go straight down this road.

書道しょどうを習ならっています。
I’m learning calligraphy.

🎧 Practice the native pronunciation of 道.