How to say "pavement" in Japanese

• 舗装ほそうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThis covers the road-surface sense of 'pavement': paving or surfacing a road with asphalt or concrete, as in American usage. It does not mean the sidewalk — the British 'pavement' is 歩道.
  その通とおりはアスファルトで舗装ほそうされている。↗

  The street is paved with asphalt.
• 敷石しきいしCommon
  nounMeans paving stone: stones laid to pave a surface, as in a garden path or courtyard. It is not the word for the sidewalk; that sense of 'pavement' is 歩道.
• 歩道ほどうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe footpath running beside a road — the British 'pavement' and the American 'sidewalk'. When you mean where pedestrians walk along a street, this is the word, not 舗装 or 敷石.
  歩道ほどうにお金かねが落おちていた。↗

  I found a coin on the sidewalk.

For the British 'pavement' (the footpath beside a road) use 歩道; for the paved surface of a road — American 'pavement' — use 舗装; 敷石 means paving stones, not a sidewalk.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 舗装ほそうpaving (a road)
• 敷石しきいしpaving stone
• 歩道ほどうfootpath
• ペーブメントpavement
• サイドウォークside walk