路地・露路|ろじroji[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounalley; alleyway; lane
   市しの北きたのはずれは路地ろじの迷路めいろである。↗

   The northernmost part of the city is a maze of alleys.
2. nounpath through a gate or garden
3. nounteahouse garden

• Synonym横丁よこちょうNeutralA small street leading off the main road, or the block along it, as in 「飲み屋横丁」; 「路地」 is a narrow passage between houses.
• Synonym小路こうじNeutralA narrow, short street, often seen in Kyoto place names like 「錦小路」; close to 「路地」, but rarely used outside place names.
• Synonym小道こみちNeutralA small path, often in the countryside or fields; 「路地」 usually means an alley between houses, and can also be a teahouse garden path.
• Related細道ほそみちNeutralA narrow path with a literary flavor, as in 「奥の細道」; 「路地」 stresses alleys between buildings in a built-up block.
• Related小径しょうけいWrittenWritten/formal word for a small path, typically through the countryside, a garden, or woods; 「路地」 usually means a narrow alley between buildings.
• Related小みちNeutralAnother way of writing 「小道」 with the same meaning: a small path; 「路地」 usually refers to an alley between houses.
• Related狭い道NeutralLiterally 'a narrow road': any narrow road, regardless of location; 「路地」 typically means a small alley between houses.

Use 「路地」 for a narrow alley between buildings, as in 「路地裏」. For a side street off the main road say 「横丁」; for country or garden paths say 「小道」 or the written 「小径」.

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1. （不動産ふどうさん） 建物たてものの間あいだにある通路つうろに使つかわれる土地とちのこと。