Illustration: A narrow Japanese neighborhood road carries a delivery van, a compact car and a scooter in the same direction. Several painted road arrows repeat that direction along the lane, which has no opposing traffic lane.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ方ぽう通つう行こう

ippoutsuukou

one-way traffic

Example sentences

  1. ここは一方通行いっぽうつうこうですか？

    Is this a one-way street?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 母かあさん、そこ入はいっちゃだめだよ。そこ一方通行いっぽうつうこうだよ。

    Don’t go in there, Mom. It’s a one-way street.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 現在げんざいは市中心部しちゅうしんぶでは一方通行いっぽうつうこうの狭せまい通とおりである。

    Ichijo-dori Street, in central Kyoto City, is a narrow one-way road.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 一方通行

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた
  • 通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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