Illustration: A cyclist rides along a narrow paved path beside an irrigation canal in a residential farming district. The canal bends around a vegetable plot, then curves again past a row of houses; the path closely follows each bend without crossing the water.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

沿そう

sou

to run along, to follow a line

Often used as ～に沿って. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしたちは川かわに沿そって散歩さんぽした。

    We took a walk along the river.

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  2. その通とおりは川かわに沿そっている。

    The street runs along the river.

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  3. 通とおりに沿そって店みせが並ならんでいる。

    There are stores along the street.

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Kanji in 沿

  • 沿run alongside; follow alongOnエンKunそう

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