"このみちは南西に行きます。"

Translation: This path goes southwest.

[KeithWong9]

北東（ほくとう）

北西（ほくせい）

南東（なんとう）

南西（なんせい）

[Andrew-Lin]

... And "east & west" =東西（とうざい）, "north and south" =南北（なんぼく）, "all directions" =東西南北（とうざいなんぼく）. Notice that the sounds of some kanji change.

[JoshGabrie2]

For those people going to Tokyo, you may notice that 東西 and 南北 are names of two railway lines of the Tokyo Metro.

[JoshGabrie2]

Also, regarding the sound change, it may be because of something called rendaku...

[saliast]

Isnt touhoku how the 東北 region is said to be called? Is it interchanageable? (Not that i'd think of it as east-north, mind you, but..) I'm curious. Dont they refer to it that way?

[leanbow]

東北 is the name for the region (prefecture) and 北東 is how you would call the direction of northeast

[Alex172971]

thanks

[kikones34]

Note that 南西 is read なんせい and not みなみにし

[Brian_Jean]

if we said みなみにし would a japanese native know what we meant?

[KeithWong9]

Probably know what you mean but if you are reading this why not learn the correct reading? (^-^)

[deactivated user]

I used leads instead of goes. That means the same thing.

[nich227]

この道は南西に行きます。

[Rezorrand]

Silly that user is punished for missing 'the'.

[Frrost]

It's a specific path "この"

[robbertvd]

Changes to kanji pronuciation like this is why we need furigana.

[Ming195532]

Native English speakers would likely use "leads" instead of "goes"

[deepfriedmcrib]

I use it interchangeably.

[malariaman]

Both are very common, and any native speaker would understand either. I personally only use "goes."

[Rusty533659]

Both work. However, the Japanese text uses the verb "go." So while "goes" is better for testing your understanding in a learning environment, "leads" would certainly be a better translation to give to others.

[voxdulcis]

Or "runs."

[Joe264823]

And all those posters claiming English is less context driven

I never saw a path going anywere or leading anyone.

[AjanaeAC]

So street and path is not the same?..

[n7RD4]

Runs southwest or goes south west is the same meaning.

[Patty454570]

Isn't michi also road and way as well as path?

[Joe264823]

Yes

[Thierryneko]

As a non native English speaker, is " this path goes to southwest" incorrect?

[swarmmaj]

It's a bit unnatural. In English "to Southwest" makes southwest seem like a destination rather than a direction.

You would be understood in at least 90% of situations. There are restaurants and truck stops that have "Southwest" as its name or have it in it's name though.