通

Obsolete term

tour guide-interpreter; tour guide licensed for guiding foreigners in Japan

Rare term

physical distribution

Rare term

long sprint; dash; run

Rare term; Computing

interpersonal messaging service

Rare term; Usu. with neg. sentence

ordinary; average; usual

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

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

Intransitive verb

to be straight (e.g. wood grain)

Archaic; Intransitive verb

to be well-informed; to be wise

Suffix; After the -masu stem of a verb

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

passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; piercing

Archaic

being well versed (in)

stimulation of the menstrual flow

Archaic

being familiar with the Confucian classics

Used primarily on ancient Japanese coins

currency

conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers; rulers apprehending the views of those they govern