1.
road, highway, street
A path for vehicles and pedestrians.
道路が混んでいる。
The road is congested.
道路工事で渋滞している。
There's congestion due to road construction.
道路を渡る時は注意してください。
Please be careful when crossing the road.
雪が降ったので、道路が滑りやすくなっている。
The road has become slippery because it snowed.
新しい道路ができたので駅まで行くのが便利になったが、車が増えて交通事故も多くなった。
A new road was built, making it convenient to get to the station, but the number of cars increased and traffic accidents also went up.
道路 is a formal term for road or highway.
FORMALITY:
More formal than 道 (path, road). Used in official, news, and technical contexts.
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 道路を渡る: to cross the road
- 道路工事: road construction
- 道路が混む: the road is congested
TYPES OF ROADS:
- 高速道路: expressway, highway
- 国道: national highway
- 県道: prefectural road
- 私道: private road
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 道: road, path (general, less formal)
- 通り: street, avenue
- ストリート: street (urban, loanword)