NichiDict

通る

N4
とおる
透る徹る
[tooru]
Illustration for 通る

Meanings

1.GodanIntransitive

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.GodanIntransitive

to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to connect

3.GodanIntransitive

to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in

4.GodanIntransitive

to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through

5.GodanIntransitive

to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout

6.GodanIntransitive

to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far

7.GodanIntransitive

to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed

8.GodanIntransitive

to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted

9.GodanIntransitive

to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for

10.GodanIntransitive

to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense

11.GodanIntransitive

to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood

12.GodanIntransitive

to pass for; to come across as; to seem like

13.GodanIntransitive

to be straight (e.g. wood grain)

14.SuffixGodan

to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly

Examples

この道を通ると近いです。

It's closer if you take this road.

声が遠くまでらなくて困る。

I had trouble being heard.

彼は狭い路地を足早に通った

He walked quickly through the narrow alley.