michi ni mayottara, kouban de michi o kikeba ii desu.

to be

Breakdown of michi ni mayottara, kouban de michi o kikeba ii desu.

• を: direct object particle
• いい: good
• で: location particle

Questions & Answers about michi ni mayottara, kouban de michi o kikeba ii desu.

What does 道に迷ったら literally mean, and why is it not just 迷ったら?

道に迷う is a set phrase meaning to get lost / lose your way.

So:

• 道 = road, way
• 迷う = to be confused, to lose one’s way
• 道に迷う = to get lost

Then 迷ったら is the たら conditional form of 迷う, so 道に迷ったら means if you get lost.

You could sometimes hear just 迷ったら, but 道に makes it clearer that this is specifically about losing your way, not just being mentally confused or unsure.

Why is the particle に used in 道に迷う?

In 道に迷う, the particle に is part of the standard expression.

Japanese often uses fixed verb patterns, and 迷う commonly pairs with に in this meaning:

• 道に迷う = get lost
• 人生に迷う = feel lost in life

Here, に marks what someone is lost in/about. It is not something you can freely replace with を or で.

So for learners, the safest approach is to memorize 道に迷う as one chunk.

How does 〜たら work here?