What is the Japanese word for a track beaten in the woods? "A beast road"? One of my Japanese classmates was having a hard time understanding the phrase "off the beaten track" and came to me for help. I told her that "beat" could also be used as "to make a path", as in "a well-beaten track". It got through to her eventually and she added that in Japanese they called it "a beast road". I should have asked her more about this "beast road" but somehow I wrapped it up by simply saying "Ohh!Good to know!"

I guess what she wants to say is called {}.

It implies a road through areas such as forests, bushes, hills, etc. only wild animals like boars, bears, mountain goats take.

In a metaphorical sense, is used to describe an unusual lifestyle such as a life taking a risk other people would not want to. Ex) being an entrepreneur, not choosing the career path your friends usually go, teachers recommend, or a firm prepares, etc. which is different from the road well-maintained.

"Bushwalking" in Australia or "Death Road" in Bolivia seems dangerous to me, but normally there are tour-guides or fellow travelers with you. Again, probably she wanted to describe the road which it seems no one has ever taken, not well-maintained, savage, and so on.