高速道路

Japanese

Kanji in this term
高	速	道	路
こう Grade: 2	そく Grade: 3	どう Grade: 2	ろ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

高速 (“high speed”) +‎ 道路 (“road”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーそくどーろ [kòósókúdóꜜòrò] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːso̞kɯ̟do̞ːɾo̞]

Noun

高(こう)速(そく)道(どう)路(ろ) • (kōsoku dōro)

highway; expressway
Synonyms: 自動車道, (legal) 高速自動車国道

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
高	速	道	路

Noun

高速道路 • (gosok doro) (hangeul 고속 도로)

hanja form^? of 고속 도로 (“highway”)