traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

9 strokesFrequency 80JLPT N3Grade 2

On

ツウ

Kun

とお.るとお.り-とお.り-どお.りとお.すとお.し-どお.しかよ.う

Nanori

とんどうしどおりみち

Dictionary

Common Words

普通つうFreq #281
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average

Examples
日曜日は私にとって普通の日ではない。
Sunday is not an ordinary day to me.
幸福を願うのはごく普通のことだ。
It is only normal to want to be happy.
2

Adverb (fukushi)

normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly

Examples
彼女は普通9時に寝る。
She usually goes to bed at nine.
3

Abbreviation; Common noun

local train; train that stops at every station

通りおりFreq #686
1

Common noun

street; road; avenue; thoroughfare

Examples
この通りに沿って行けば駅に着きます。
If you follow this street, you will get to the station.
2

Common noun

traffic; coming and going

Examples
この横町は人の通りが多い。
This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.
3

Common noun

flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running

Examples
この煙突は通りが悪くなった。
This chimney has begun to draw badly.
4

Common noun

transmission (of sound); reach (of voice)

5

Common noun

reputation; favor; favour; popularity

6

Common noun

understanding; comprehension; comprehensibility; clarity

7

Common noun

the same way (as); as (follows, stated, expected, etc.)

Examples
人々は必ずしも表面に表われた通りではない。
People are not always what they seem.
8

Counter

counter for sets of things

9

Counter

counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.

Examples
それは2通りに解釈できる。
That reads two different ways.
通るおる透る徹るGodan verbFreq #984
1

Intransitive verb

to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of

Examples
私は毎日その教会の前を通る
I go by that church every day.
2

Intransitive verb

to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to connect

Examples
駅と飛行機の間は、バスが通っている
Buses run between the station and the airport.
3

Intransitive verb

to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in

4

Intransitive verb

to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through

Examples
弾がヘルメットを通った
A bullet pierced the helmet.
5

Intransitive verb

to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout

6

Intransitive verb

to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far

Examples
ケリーの声は、よく通る
Kelly's voice carries well.
7

Intransitive verb

to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed

8

Intransitive verb

to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted

Examples
容易に試験に通ると思う。
I expect her to pass the examination easily.
9

Intransitive verb

to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for

Examples
彼女はベスという名で通っていた
She went by the name of Bess.
10

Intransitive verb

to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense

Examples
そういう言い訳はとおらない
That's no excuse.
11

Intransitive verb

to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood

Examples
黙っていて心が通った
There was no need for verbal communication.
12

Intransitive verb

to pass for; to come across as; to seem like

Examples
この絵は本物で通るだろう。
This painting will pass for genuine.
13

Intransitive verb

to be straight (e.g. wood grain)

14

Archaic; Intransitive verb

to be well-informed; to be wise

15

Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly

通うようIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #1131
1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between

2

to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent

Examples
6歳以上の子供は学校に通わなければならない。
Children of six and above should attend school.
3

to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

4

to resemble

通じるうじるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #1150
1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with)

Examples
このドアは書斎に通じている
This door leads to the study.
2

to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to

3

to be understood; to be comprehended

4

to be honored; to be good

5

to be well versed in; to be well-informed

6

to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy)

7

to form a liaison; to be intimate

8

to spread widely; to disseminate

通す徹す透すおすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #1270
1

to stick through; to force through

Examples
その子はどうしても自分のわがままを通そうとしている。
The boy will have his own way.
2

to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse

3

to make a path between two points

4

to proceed in a logical manner

5

to let pass; to allow through

6

to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in

7

to go through (a middleman)

8

to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)

9

to pass (a law, applicant, etc.)

Examples
参議院はどんな改正案も通さなくても構わないようです。
The Upper House seems bent on defeating any reform bills.
10

to force to accept; to force agreement

11

to continue (in a state); to persist in

12

to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...

13

In the form とおして…する

to do from beginning to end without a break

14

to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party

15

After the -te form of a verb

to do to the end; to carry through; to complete

その通り其の通りそのとおりExpressionFreq #2032
1

just like that; quite so; I agree

Examples
「あなたは先生ですか」「その通りです」
"Are you a teacher?" "So I am."
2

Common noun

that street

Examples
その通りは10時を過ぎると閑散としていた。
The street was deserted after ten.
通常うじょうNoun~の Adj.AdverbFreq #2471
1

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

Examples
彼は、通常バスで学校へ行きます。
He usually goes to school by bus.
通りどおりどうりNoun suffixFreq #2562
1

Oft. as ~に or ~の

in accordance with; following

Examples
いまやブッシュ大統領が当選したのだから、業務は通常通りになるだろう。
Now that Bush has been elected, it will be business as usual.
2

roughly; about

3

Street; Avenue

Examples
1人の生徒がベイスン通りで車にひかれた。
A student was run over by a car on Basin Street.
を通してをとおしてExpressionFreq #2709
1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

Examples
そして彼らはその文学、映画、音楽などの感動を通して世界に影響を与えつづけるだろう。
And they will continue to influence the world through the excitement of their literature, movies and music.

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