道
どう
[dou]
Meanings
1.Noun
road; path; street; route
2.Noun
way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself
3.Noun
moral education
4.Noun
Buddhist teachings
5.Noun
Taoism
6.Noun
administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
7.Noun
province (administrative region of Korea)
8.Noun
circuit (administrative region of China)
Less common meanings (2)
9.NounHistorical
administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
10.NounHistorical
province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
Other Readings
「道」 has another reading with different meanings.
Examples
この道は夜になると暗いね。
This road gets dark at night.
道に迷ったことがありますか。
Have you ever gotten lost?
この道をまっすぐ進めば十分くらいで駅に着きます。
Go straight down this road and you'll reach the station in about ten minutes.