往還|おうかんoukan[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbtraffic; coming and going; highway
Conjugation
Dictionary form往還する(おうかんする)
Polite (masu)往還します(おうかんします)
Negative (nai)往還しない(おうかんしない)
polite (masen)往還しません(おうかんしません)
classical zu / nu往還せず・往還せぬ(おうかんせず・おうかんせぬ)
Past (ta)往還した(おうかんした)
polite (mashita)往還しました(おうかんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)往還しなかった(おうかんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)往還しませんでした(おうかんしませんでした)
Te form往還して(おうかんして)
Potential往還できる(おうかんできる)
Passive往還される(おうかんされる)
Causative往還させる(おうかんさせる)
Causative passive往還させられる(おうかんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)往還すれば(おうかんすれば)
tara往還したら(おうかんしたら)
Volitional往還しよう(おうかんしよう)
polite (mashou)往還しましょう(おうかんしましょう)
Imperative往還しろ(おうかんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym往来おうらいWrittenMore common than 「往還」 and found in formal prose; covers people and vehicles coming and going, plus roads and socializing. 「往還」 is mostly historical or in place names.
  • Related通りとおりNeutralEveryday word for a street or road, also for traffic or flow; stresses the street itself. 「往還」 is historical, seen mostly in place names like 「〜往還」.
  • Antonym片道かたみちNeutralOne direction only — either the trip out or the trip back, as in 「片道切符」. The opposite of 「往還」, which covers both going and returning.

Use 「往還」 for coming and going or a major road, but it is mostly historical and appears in place names like 「〜往還」. For modern traffic say 「往来」 or 「行き来」; for everyday city streets say 「通り」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 行き帰いきかえり。往復おうふく。往来おうらい。
  2. 往来おうらいする道みち。街道かいどう。
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