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    通る

    通とおる​

    to go by

    N4KMT6News #14+1CoreCore ConceptsDaily LifeKanji Vocab11 strokes

    透る徹る

    とおる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    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
    2.
    to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect
    3.
    to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in
    4.
    to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through
    5.
    to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout
    6.
    to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far
    7.
    to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed
    8.
    to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted
    9.
    to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for
    10.
    to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense
    11.
    to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood
    12.
    to pass for, to come across as, to seem like
    13.
    to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
    14.
    to be well-informed, to be wise
    archaic

    Suffix, Verb

    15.
    to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    この道みちは車くるまがよく通とおる。

    Many cars pass through this road.

    KMT4Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    彼かれの意い見けんは会かい議ぎで無ぶ事じに通とおった。

    His opinion was successfully passed in the meeting.

    KMT6Work & CareerPolitics & Law
    毎まい日にち、この公こう園えんを通とおって学がっ校こうに行いく。

    I go to school every day passing through this park.

    KMT6Daily LifeEducation
    その理り論ろんは専せん門もん家かの間あいだでは常じょう識しきとして通とおっている。

    That theory is accepted as common knowledge among experts.

    KMT7Core ConceptsScience & Math
    彼かれの声こえはよく通とおるので、広ひろいホールでもはっきりと聞 こえる。

    His voice carries well, so it can be heard clearly even in a large hall.

    KMT8Music & EntertainmentDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    通
    とお.る・とお.り・-とお.り・-どお.り・とお.す・とお.し…(8)
    traffic・pass through・avenue・commute・counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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