通用
つうよう
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket)Suru verb, Intransitive
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 byNoun, Suru verb, Intransitive
going in and out; entrance and exit
Example sentences
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He passes for a college student.
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Excuses won't work on me.
そんな言いわけ通用するか?
An excuse like that works?
彼女にはおべっかは通用しない。
She is proof against flattery.
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He still passes as a college student now.
More examples (10)
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This law does not apply in Japan.
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She could pass for twenty.
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Do you really think you'll get away with an excuse like that?
このジョークはフランス語では通用しない。
The joke doesn't work in French.
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The upstart tried to pass for a man of culture.
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Hah, your 'forbidden magics' aren't going to work with me!
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He looks so young for his age that he passes for a college student.
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For years the picture passed as a genuine Rembrandt.
もっと古典的な顔立ちなのかと思いきや、今の時代でも充分通用する美形です。
I expected more classical features, but hers is a beauty that would do well even in this age.
序に、日本でシユウ・クリイムと呼んでゐる菓子は、英国へ行つても仏蘭西へ行つてもその名前では通用しない。英吉利でシユウ・クリイムを持つて来いと云つたら、靴墨を持つて来たといふおとしばなしもできてゐるくらゐだ。
By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.