ミチ
Meanings
Noun
1. road; path; street; lane; passage
2. route; way
3. distance; journey
4. road (e.g. to victory); course
5. way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
6. teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
7. field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
8. means; way; method
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (116 in total)
along the way; along the road
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
mountain road; mountain trail
path; lane
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
reason; logic; method; system; order
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
animal trail; game trail
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
blood vessels
knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)
the way back; the way home; return trip
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
hill road
roadside; wayside
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
way out; means to escape; escape route
path; route; itinerary
street at night; making a night journey
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
direct unforked road; straight path
along the road; along the way
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
passage; path; route; one's way
detour; diversion
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
route; way; course; directions
way of life
width of a road
snow-covered road
narrow path; narrow lane
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
loitering on the way; wayside grass
edge of a street
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki); honourable end to a career
thorny path
way of the sword; swordsmanship
along the road; at the side of the road
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
trackless path
country road
gravel path; gravel road
midway; halfway through; in the course of
road over a mountain pass
branch road; byroad; side street; digression
old road; ancient road
shortcut
promenade; walk; path; trail; esplanade; mall
byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
long road; far journey
path along a cliff
path in a field
long roofed passageway (originally having an earthen floor and used as a bridle path)
route (when going somewhere); way (to get somewhere)
a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
Third Way (in politics)
stony path; stony road
course of action
water way
assorted (female) medical disorders; blood vessels
street with tramline; railroad track; railroading the opponent straight out of the ring
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
roundabout road; curving road
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
uphill road; ascending road
muddy road
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
downhill road; descending road
branch roads; forked roads; crossroads; two ways (of proceeding)
the way back
causeway; land bridge; path on an embankment
straight road
fishing line
half a ri (measure of length); halfway
art of tanka poetry
road through the middle; middle road
independent living; means of earning one's living
road for persons of high rank
Silk road
roadside grass; roadside weeds; guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides)
marital virtues
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
the Way of the Gods; Shinto; Shintoism
removable ramps for trucks
hidden path
non-legal public road (sometimes no longer physically existing)
the art of classical Japanese poetry
roadside
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
not to write to or visit someone; (lit.) road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again)
groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument; someone's ability to play the shamisen
middle of the road; on the road; on the way (to one's destination)
roadside station (government-designated rest area found along roads and highways)
form of gagaku performed while marching
road leveling; road levelling
Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles)
side road; shortcut
the part of a province furthest from the capital
the part of a province closest to the capital
the part of a province midway from the capital
Examples (143 in total)
The road is blocked.
Will you please show me the way?
Let's go back the way we came.