単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#440 most used

通る

とおる1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

to pass through; to go past

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

The bus goes past my house.

written for Tangoya

MEANINGS

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

godan verb · intransitive

TANGOYA ASKS

2

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

godan verb · intransitive

3

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

godan verb · intransitive

4

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

godan verb · intransitive

5

to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout

godan verb · intransitive

6

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

godan verb · intransitive

7

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

godan verb · intransitive

8

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

godan verb · intransitive

9

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

godan verb · intransitive

10

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

godan verb · intransitive

11

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

godan verb · intransitive

12

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

godan verb · intransitive

13

to be straight (e.g. wood grain)

godan verb · intransitive

14

to be well-informed; to be wise

godan verb · intransitive

15

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

suffix · godan verb

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#440 most used

Written通る only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium