通用
Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
1. (common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket)
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
2. to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to apply; to be valid; to pass (for); to do well; to get by
Noun
Suru verb
Intransitive verb
3. going in and out; entrance and exit
Kanji used
Pitch accent
つうよう
Used in vocabulary
Examples10
彼
He looks so young for his age that he passes for a college student.
今や
He still passes as a college student now.
彼女
She is proof against flattery.
成り上がり
The upstart tried to pass for a man of culture.
この
This law does not apply in Japan.
大学生
He passes for a college student.