通り道・とおり道・通り路|とおりみちtoorimichi[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounpassage; path; route; one's way
   警官けいかんが通り道とおりみちを空あけて車くるまを通とおした。↗

   Policemen cleared the way to let cars pass.

• Synonym経路けいろWrittenWritten/formal prose: the route or path taken, as in 「感染経路」; an objective description where 「通り道」 sounds everyday.
• Synonym通路つうろNeutralA passage or aisle for moving through, as in 「通路側の席」; stresses the space itself.
• Synonym道筋みちすじNeutralA path or route, also the line of an argument; a touch more formal than 「通り道」.
• SynonymコースNeutralLoanword for a planned route, also a course of study, as in 「マラソンコース」.
• SynonymルートNeutralLoanword for a planned route or channel, as in 「販売ルート」.
• Synonym進路しんろNeutralThe direction you head in, also your course after graduation.
• Synonym道みちNeutralRead 「どう」; mostly a morpheme for the way of an art or of morals, as in 「茶道」「書道」, and the 「道」 of 「北海道」.
• Synonym順路じゅんろNeutralThe prescribed route for a visit, as museum signage shows.
• Synonym途とNeutralThe most general word 「道（みち）」: covers any road or way, also one's path through life; 「通り道」 stresses a road passed through.
• Synonym通い路かよいじWrittenWritten/formal prose: a road traveled back and forth regularly; close to 「通り道」, which also covers roads you only pass through.
• Synonym行路こうろWrittenWritten/formal prose: making one's way along a road, also life as a journey, as in 「人生行路」.
• Related道みちNeutralRead 「どう」; mostly a morpheme for the way of an art or of morals, as in 「茶道」「書道」, and the 「道」 of 「北海道」.
• Related路線ろせんNeutralA bus or rail line; figuratively a group's policy line.
• Related軌道きどうNeutralAn orbit or rail track; figuratively the right track, as in 「軌道に乗る」.
• Related道のりみちのりNeutralThe distance of a route, also figuratively the process, as in 「長い道のり」.
• Related水路すいろNeutralA waterway or channel, also a swimming lane; never for land routes.
• Related針路しんろWrittenWritten/formal prose: the course of a ship or plane, also a figurative direction to take.
• Related旅路たびじWrittenWritten/formal prose: a journey, with a literary air.
• Related道順みちじゅんNeutralThe way to go to reach a destination, as in 「道順を教える」.
• RelatedロードNeutralLoanword for a road; mostly seen in compounds.
• Related道路どうろNeutralA road or highway as infrastructure, common in daily speech too, as in 「道路を渡る」; 「通り道」 stresses the road one usually goes by.
• Related路ちWrittenArchaic; 「路」 lives on mostly as a suffix in 「家路」「旅路」; rarely used on its own.
• Antonym行き止まりいきどまりNeutralWhere the way runs out and you cannot go on; the opposite of the passable 「通り道」.

Use 「通り道」 for a road you go by in daily life — 「学校への通り道」「風の通り道」. For a route laid out objectively, say 「経路」; for a passage or aisle, 「通路」. 「コース」 and 「ルート」 fit planned routes, 「道順」 the way to get somewhere, 「道路」 the road itself, and 「行き止まり」 a place with no way through.

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

1. 通とおって行いく道みち。通路つうろ。
2. 通とおりすがりの道みち。