Word Meaning 二河白道

にがびゃくどう nigabyakudou

二河白道 is read as にがびゃくどう (nigabyakudou) and means the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed).

Meaning

English

the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)

Reading

Kana

にがびゃくどう

Romaji

nigabyakudou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 54182 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

二筋道

ふたすじみち

branch roads

河道

かどう

river channel

銀河赤道

ぎんがせきどう

galactic equator

二重道徳

にじゅうどうとく

double standard of morality

一都一道二府四十三県

いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

銀河鉄道の夜

ぎんがてつどうのよる

Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa)

河道閉塞

かどうへいそく

natural damming (of a river due to landslide, etc.)

白河夜舟

しらかわよぶね

being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one)

黄道十二宮

こうどうじゅうにきゅう

twelve signs of the zodiac

道徳的空白

どうとくてきくうはく

moral vacuum

胸白河烏

むなじろかわがらす

white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus)

二階

にかい

second floor