通用

Meaning

1. nvsvi
   (common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket)
2. vsvi
   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
3. nvsvi
   going in and out; entrance and exit

Example sentences

• 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.

• 彼女は２０歳といっても通用する。

  She could pass for twenty.

• 彼女にはおべっかは通用しない。

  She is proof against flattery.