Illustration: In the courtyard of a Japanese housing complex, a short footpath leading straight to a bicycle shelter is temporarily blocked by a freshly dug maintenance trench and solid barriers. A resident carrying a bicycle helmet follows the longer paved path around a planted garden bed instead.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

回まわり道みち

mawarimichi

detour

Example sentences

  1. 学校がっこうへ行いく道みちが冠水かんすいしてしまって、回まわり道みちをしていかなければならなかった。

    The street to school was flooded so we had to go around.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしはまっすぐに家いえに帰かえらないで回まわり道みちをして郵便局ゆうびんきょくに寄よってきた。

    Instead of coming directly home, I took the long way and stopped by the post office.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしたちは川下かわしもにある橋はしを渡わたって回まわり道みちをしなければならなかった。

    We had to make a detour across a bridge down the river from here.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 回道

  • 回-times; roundOnカイ・エKunまわる・まわす・まわし-
  • 道road-way; streetOnドウ・トウKunみち・いう

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