とおる

通 る

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, 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

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

  2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

    • 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. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, 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. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through

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

  5. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout

  6. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

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

  7. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

  8. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

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

  9. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

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

  10. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

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

  11. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

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

  12. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

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

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

  13. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to be straight (e.g. wood grain)

  14. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to be well-informed, to be wise
    archaic

  15. suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly
    after the -masu stem of a verb