Word Meaning 往来

おうらい ourai

往来 is read as おうらい (ourai) and means correspondence.

Meaning

English

  1. correspondence
  2. recurring (e.g. thoughts)
  3. coming and going
  4. traffic
  5. road
  6. street
  7. association
  8. socializing

Reading

Kana

おうらい

Romaji

ourai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 13421 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

往来手形

おうらいてがた

Edo-period travel permit

往来物

おうらいもの

ōraimono

往って来い

いってこい

going back and forth

古往今来

こおうこんらい

in all ages

商売往来

しょうばいおうらい

business handbook (with glossary) of the Edo period

人馬往来

じんばおうらい

the passage of people and horses

寒熱往来

かんねつおうらい

alternating chills and fever

往復

おうふく

correspondence

往生

おうじょう

coercion

往診

おうしん

doctor's visit

往年

おうねん

years gone by

往時

おうじ

the past

Example Sentences

1

このとおりはくるまのおうらいがはげしい。

There is heavy car traffic on this street.