通る
Meanings
Godan verb
Intransitive verb
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)
Suffix
Godan verb
15. to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
とおる
Examples167
ケリー の 声 は、 よく 通る。
Kelly's voice carries well.
彼女 は ベス という 名 で 通っていた。
She went by the name of Bess.
この 絵 は 本物 で 通る だろう。
This painting will pass for genuine.
私 は 毎日 その 教会 の 前 を 通る。
I go by that church every day.
駅 と 飛行機 の 間 は、 バス が 通っている。
Buses run between the station and the airport.
容易 に 試験 に 通る と 思う。
I expect her to pass the examination easily.