大通り・大通|おおどおりoodoori[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounmain street; avenue; boulevard
   私は大通おおどおりをずっと一人ひとりで歩あるいた。↗

   I walked along the main street.

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  Synonym大道だいどうWrittenWritten/formal prose word for a broad avenue; it can also figuratively mean a great moral principle. 「大通り」 is the everyday word for a city's main road.
• 2.
  SynonymメインストリートNeutralLoanword for a main street, leaning toward advertising and promotional copy; 「大通り」 is the more everyday word.
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  Synonym大路おおじWrittenWritten word for a broad road, often with an old-fashioned air, as in Kyoto's great avenues; in everyday speech say 「大通り」.
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  Synonym本通りほんどおりNeutralThe main street of a town; 「大通り」 is the general term for any wide main street in a city.
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  Synonym目抜き通りめぬきどおりNeutralThe busiest main street, where shops cluster — it stresses the bustle; 「大通り」 stresses a wide main road through the city.
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  RelatedアベニューNeutralLoanword for an avenue or tree-lined boulevard, seen mostly in street and shop names; 「大通り」 is more everyday.
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  RelatedブールバードNeutralLoanword for a wide, tree-lined boulevard, used mostly in French place names; rare in everyday speech.
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  Related広小路ひろこうじNeutralA wide street; the name comes from Edo-period roads widened as firebreaks and now survives mainly in place names like 「上野広小路」.
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  Antonym小道こみちNeutralThe opposite of 「大通り」 in width: a small path or lane.
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  Antonym細道ほそみちNeutralThe opposite of 「大通り」 in width: a narrow lane or alley.

Use 「大通り」 for a wide main road in a city — the default everyday choice. Pick 「目抜き通り」 for the busiest shopping street and 「本通り」 for a town's principal street; 「アベニュー」 appears mostly in street and shop names. 「大道」 and 「大路」 are written words, the latter old-fashioned. 「小道」 and 「細道」 are the narrow opposites.

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1. 市街しがいを通とおる大おおきな道路どうろ。