道連れ

みちづれ· also みちずれ

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death)

Also written 道ずれ、道づれ

Meanings

Noun
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion
taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

Example sentences

旅たびは道連みちづれ。

Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
旅たびは道連みちづれ世よは情なさけ。

No road is long with good company.
彼かれらは旅たびの道連みちづれだった。

They were companions on the journey.
二人ふたりの道連みちづれと一緒いっしょに出立しゅったつした。

I started with two traveling companions.
どうせ、妙子さんが怖こわがって、有利ゆうりさんも道連みちづれにしようとしたんでしょ。

I'm sure Taeko was scared and tried to get Yuri to go along with her.