進路|しんろshinro[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounroute; course; path
   どの進路しんろを選えらんでも危険きけんが待ち受まちうけている。↗

   Whichever way we choose will involve danger.
2. nounone's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
   進路しんろのことで先生せんせいに助言じょげんを求もとめた。↗

   I asked my teacher for advice on my future course.

• Synonym経路けいろNeutralA written word for the route or channel something travels through, as in 「感染経路」; it centers on the path taken, while 「進路」 points to forward direction and future course.
• Synonym通り道とおりみちNeutralA route you pass through, as in 「通り道になる」; it suggests going by way of a place and carries no sense of future prospects.
• SynonymコースNeutralLoanword for a route or a course of study, as in 「進学コース」; it suggests a planned, laid-out path.
• Synonym路線ろせんNeutralA bus, train or similar transport line, or an organization's policy line, as in 「バス路線」; it implies a fixed, established route.
• Synonym道筋みちすじNeutralA written word for a path or line of progress, as in 「解決への道筋」; it stresses the avenue or means toward a goal.
• Synonym道のりみちのりNeutralThe distance covered or the course of a journey, as in 「長い道のり」; it centers on distance and the process, not the direction ahead.
• Synonym針路しんろWrittenA written word and homophone of 「進路」: the compass heading a ship or aircraft follows; it is about navigation direction.
• SynonymルートNeutralLoanword for a route or channel, used for travel and in 「販売ルート」; 「進路」 by contrast stresses forward direction and where one is headed.
• Synonym旅路たびじWrittenA written, literary word for a journey, as in 「人生の旅路」; it evokes the poetry of travel rather than a planned direction.
• Synonym道順みちじゅんNeutralThe concrete way to get somewhere, as in 「駅までの道順」; it is about directions for a trip, not one's future course.
• Synonym順路じゅんろNeutralA fixed, designated route to follow, such as the 「順路」 signs in a museum; it is about prescribed order, not personal direction.
• Synonym途とNeutralThe same word again: a way or means, as in 「解決の道」「生きる道」; 「進路」 instead stresses forward direction and where one is headed.
• Synonym行路こうろWrittenA written word for the road one travels or one's path in life; rare in modern usage.
• Synonym通い路かよいじWrittenA written, old-fashioned word for a road one travels back and forth regularly; it never refers to one's future course.
• Related軌道きどうNeutralAn orbit or rail track, also the right track as in 「軌道に乗る」; it suggests a fixed trajectory rather than a chosen direction.
• Related道みちNeutralThe most common word for a road or path; 「進路」 centers on the direction of forward movement.
• Related流れながれNeutralA flow or current, also the trend things take, as in 「時代の流れ」; it overlaps with 「進路」 only in the loose sense of direction.
• Related路ちNeutralThe same word: here it metaphorically means one's path in life, as in 「自分の道を進む」, close to the future-course sense of 「進路」.
• Antonym退路たいろNeutralAntonym: the route for retreating or escaping, as in 「退路を断つ」; it is the road back, opposite to the forward-moving 「進路」.

Use 「進路」 for the direction in which something moves forward, or for a student's post-graduation path of school or work, as in 「台風の進路」 and 「進路相談」. For the route actually traveled pick 「経路」, for the distance or length of a journey 「道のり」, and for a ship's or plane's heading 「針路」. 「ルート」 and 「コース」 cover set routes and courses of study, 「道順」 is how to get somewhere, and 「退路」 is the opposite: the way back.

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

1. 目的もくてき、または目的地もくてきちに達たっするまでの経路けいろ。
2. 進学しんがくする学校がっこうや、学校がっこうを出でて就職しゅうしょくする職業しょくぎょう。それらを決きめること。