通る
とおる
to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along
Meaning
- 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
- to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to connect
- to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
- to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
- to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
- to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
- to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
- to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
- to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
- to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
- to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
- to pass for; to come across as; to seem like
- to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
- to be well-informed; to be wise
- to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
Example sentences
そしてこの法律案が通らなかった場合において、おまえはどういう責任をとるのだ。
And how will you take responsibility in the case that this bill doesn't pass?
松葉杖ってけっこうムズいな・・・。「すみません、ストレッチャー通ります!」
Crutches are pretty tricky ... "Excuse me, stretcher coming through!"
屁理屈ばかり並べて、お前の言ってること全然筋が通ってないよ。
All you do is string together a bunch of farfetched ideas. I can't understand a word of it.