順路|じゅんろjunro[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun(regular) route; fixed route; specified route; suggested route
    「順路じゅんろ→」といったかんじの看板かんばんを設置せっちしたいと思おもうんですけど、これを英語えいごで作つくるとどうなるでしょうか?↗
    I'd like to set up a sign like, "This Way ->," but what would it be if I made it in English?
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym経路けいろNeutralThe path one travels through, as in 「感染経路」; rather abstract and formal, and not specifically a prescribed tour route.
  • Synonym通り道とおりみちNeutralThe road one passes along routinely, as in 「通り道にある店」; the emphasis is on passing by or through.
  • Synonym路線ろせんNeutralFixed transport lines such as bus or air routes, and by extension an organization's policy, as in 「路線変更」.
  • Synonym進路しんろNeutralThe direction one moves forward in, and one's course after graduation, as in 「進路相談」.
  • Synonym道筋みちすじNeutralThe route taken along the way, and figuratively a logical course toward something, as in 「解決への道筋」.
  • Synonym道順みちじゅんNeutralHow to get to a destination, as in 「駅までの道順」; common in everyday speech.
  • SynonymコースNeutralA loanword for a route or course, as in 「ハイキングコース」; covers study programs too.
  • SynonymルートNeutralA loanword for routes and channels, as in 「販売ルート」; common for sales and distribution channels.
  • Synonym行路こうろWrittenThe road one travels, also a metaphor for one's path in life; written/formal prose, and never a prescribed tour order.
  • Synonym通い路かよいじWrittenThe road one travels back and forth regularly, as in 「学校への通い路」; elegant written style and rather rare.
  • Related道みちNeutralThe broadest word for roads and paths, outdoors or inside a venue, as in 「道を歩く」; it carries no sense of a fixed order.
  • Related道のりみちのりNeutralThe distance one covers to reach a place, and figuratively the process toward a goal, as in 「長い道のり」.
  • Related途とNeutralThe same word as 「道」, also written 「途」; it also figures the path of life or a career, without any sense of following a set order.
  • Related旅路たびじWrittenA written, poetic word for the road of a journey, as in 「長い旅路」; not used for the order of visiting within a venue.
  • Related旅程りょていWrittenA trip's route or schedule, as in 「旅程表」; centers on travel arrangements, not the prescribed order of a tour.
  • Related路ちNeutralThe same word as 「道」, also written 「路」; it also names specialized disciplines, as in 「茶の道」, with no idea of a set order.

Use 「順路」 for the prescribed visiting order in a museum or exhibition, as in 「順路に従って進む」. For how to get somewhere, say 「道順」; for bus, train or air lines, 「路線」. 「道」 covers roads and paths generally but implies no set order, and 「旅程」 is about a trip's schedule. The rest name routes, paths or journeys in other senses.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 決きめられた道筋みちすじ。進すすむべき道みちとして示しめされた道みち。
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