通

continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; consecutive run

Usu. お通し

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

Abbreviation

performance of an entire play

opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services

reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services

direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service

total; sum; aggregate

name one goes by; popular name; assumed name; alias; nickname

house name

name of a street; avenue name

commerce; trade

correspondence; exchange of letters

secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal

adultery; (extramarital) affair

side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance

two copies

going to the hospital for regular treatment; going to the hospital as an outpatient

all-night vigil over a body; wake

all-night vigil over a body; wake

traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare

Computing

notification sound

well-informed person

point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator

pair; two kinds; two ways

traffic; traffic volume

waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint

pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport

infantry (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)

general education curriculum

supernatural power; divine power; magical power

common language; lingua franca

standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)