語感 Dictionary

通る

とおる

to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along

JLPT N4 Common word Also written 透る、徹る

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

    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
All 14 meanings
  1. to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
  2. to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
  3. to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
  4. to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
  5. to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
  6. to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
  7. to pass for; to come across as; to seem like
  8. to be straight (e.g. wood grain)

  9. Suffix, Godan verb (-ru)

    to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
Rare and archaic meanings (1)

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

    to be well-informed; to be wiseArchaic

Forms

PlainPolite
Present通るとおる通りますとおります
Negative通らないとおらない通りませんとおりません
Past通ったとおった通りましたとおりました
Past negative通らなかったとおらなかった通りませんでしたとおりませんでした
Te-form通ってとおって
Potential通れるとおれる
Passive通られるとおられる
Causative通らせるとおらせる
Volitional通ろうとおろう
Imperative通れとおれ
Conditional (ば)通ればとおれば
Conditional (たら)通ったらとおったら

Example sentences

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