高速道路（こうそくどうろ、kousokudoうro）
- highway

The Japanese word 高速道路高速道路 means "expressway," "freeway," or "highway" in English. It refers to a road designed for high-speed travel, typically with multiple lanes in each direction, controlled access (meaning you can only enter or exit at specific points), and often with tolls. These roads are built to facilitate efficient transportation between cities and regions. They are characterized by their smooth surfaces, designed to allow vehicles to travel at higher speeds than on regular roads.

⚫︎高速道路高速道路はとても便利です。 Translation: Expressways are very convenient. ⚫︎東京から大阪まで高速道路高速道路で行くことができます。 Translation: You can go from Tokyo to Osaka by expressway. ⚫︎週末は高速道路高速道路が混雑することが多いです。 Translation: Expressways are often congested on weekends.

You use 高速道路高速道路 when you want to talk about expressways or highways. It's a very common and essential word for discussing travel and transportation in Japan. Use it when describing how to get somewhere, planning a road trip, or talking about traffic conditions.

高速道路高速道路 is typically written in kanji and hiragana. The kanji are 高速 and 道路. The reading is こうそくどうろ. There are no other standard ways to write this word. There are no variations in the okurigana.

⚫︎ 高速高速 (こうそく) - "high speed" (used as an adjective or part of a compound word) ⚫︎ ハイウェイ (haiwei) - "highway" (loanword from English; less common than 高速道路高速道路)

⚫︎ 一般道 (いっぱんどう) - "general road," "ordinary road" ⚫︎ 国道 (こくどう) - "national highway" (often slower and with more traffic lights than expressways)

週末は、高速道路が大変混雑する。 ・Translation: Expressways are very crowded on weekends. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the typical traffic situation on expressways during the weekend.

この高速道路は高速道路料金が高い。 ・Translation: This expressway has high tolls. ・Explanation: This sentence discusses the cost of using a specific expressway.

The word 高速道路高速道路 is a compound word. 高速 (kousoku) means "high speed," and 道路 (douro) means "road." So, the word literally means "high-speed road," accurately describing its function.