Illustration: A busy two-lane road runs through a Japanese regional town and continues toward a distant mountain pass. Delivery trucks, a local bus and family cars share the route, passing a pedestrian crossing, a rice shop’s loading entrance and low roadside houses.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

国こく道どう

kokudou

national highway

Example sentences

  1. 東西とうざいを国道こくどう27号ごうが貫つらぬく。

    National Route 27 runs east-west through the town.

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

  2. 駅前えきまえから少すこし西にしを国道こくどう175号ごうが走はしる。

    National Route 175 runs slightly west of the station.

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

  3. これらの道みちは現在げんざいの国道こくどうになっている。

    These roads are national highways today.

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

Kanji in 国道

  • 国countryOnコクKunくに
  • 道road-way; streetOnドウ・トウKunみち・いう

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