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    3. 通う

    通う

    通かよう​

    to go to and from (a place)

    N4KMT7News #20+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeEducationKanji Vocab12 strokes

    かよう

    Verb, Intransitive

    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
    3.
    to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity), to be communicated (e.g. thought)
    4.
    to resemble

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    毎まい日にち学がっ校こうに通かよっています。

    I go to school every day.

    KMT3Daily LifeEducation
    私わたしは毎まい日にち、自じ転てん車しゃで職しょく場ばに通かよっています。

    I commute to my workplace by bicycle every day.

    KMT5Daily LifeWork & Career
    彼かの女じょは週しゅうに三さん回かい、英えい会かい話わ教きょう室しつに通かよっている。

    She attends an English conversation class three times a week.

    KMT6EducationDaily Life
    彼かれは毎まい日にち電でん車しゃで会かい社しゃに通かよっている。

    He commutes to work by train every day.

    KMT7Daily LifeWork & Career
    このバスは駅えきと病びょう院いんの間あいだを通かよっています。

    This bus runs between the station and the hospital.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationDaily 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
    う
    u
    Kana
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