Info on the Kanji 通

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Meaning(s)

traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

Reading(s)

onyomi TSUU, TSU
kunyomi too-ru, too-su, kayo-u

Other

stroke count 10
grade 2
jlpt level N4
Example words with 通
WordMeaning
とおり
toori
connoisseur / authority / counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
いっつう
ittsuu
one copy / one letter / one-way traffic / pure straight / winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit
かいつう
kaitsuu
opening / open / taking effect / becoming active
けんとおり
ken toori
unobstructed view / perspective / visibility / vista / forecast / outlook / prospect / prediction / insight / foresight
わたしとおり
watashi toori
adultery / illicit intercourse
うえとおり
ue toori
conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers
しょくつう
shokutsuu
gourmandism / gourmet / gourmand / foodie
せっつう
settsuu
cutting / excavation / sunken road / opencut
かよい
kayoi
coming and going / commuting
かよう
kayou
to go back and forth / to ply between / to commute / to attend
とうし
toushi
direct / right through / straight / appetizer / appetiser / performance of an entire play
つうじ
tsuuji
understanding / bowel movement / evacuation
とうす
tousu
to stick through / to force through / to spread throughout / to thoroughly diffuse / to make a path between two points / to proceed in a logical manner / to let pass / to allow through / to lead into / to show in / to go through / to through / to pass / to f
とおり
toori
avenue / street / way / road / coming and going / street traffic / flow / transmission / reach / fame / reputation / popularity / the same status or way / as / understanding / comprehension / counter for sets of things / counter for methods, ways, types
とうる
touru
to go by / to go past / to go along / to travel along / to pass through / to use / to take / to go via / to go by way of / to run / to operate / 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
つういん
tsuuin
commuting to hospital
つううん
tsuuun
transportation
つうがく
tsuugaku
commuting to school / school commute
つうき
tsuuki
ventilation / airflow
とおりけい
toori kei
sum / total
つうけん
tsuuken
laboratory
とおりご
toori go
common speech
つうこう
tsuukou
passage / passing / common usage
とおりかみ
toori kami
feeding paper through a device
とおりこと
toori koto
translation / interpretation / edo-era translation of dutch and chinese
とおりじ
toori ji
distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage
とおりにん
toori nin
man of the world / man about town / dilettante / well-informed person
つうち
tsuuchi
notice / notification / report / posting
つうでん
tsuuden
the passage of electric current
つうどく
tsuudoku
reading through / reading over
つうねん
tsuunen
all year / year round
つうふう
tsuufuu
ventilation
とおりもの
toori mono
demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
つや
tsuya
all-night vigil over a body / wake
とおりあり
toori ari
commonality
つうよう
tsuuyou
popular use / circulation / to pass as
とおりちから
toori chikara
mysterious power
つうわ
tsuuwa
telephone call / talking / calling / counter for telephone calls
につう
nitsuu
two copies
ふつう
futsuu
suspension / interruption / stoppage / tie-up / cessation
ぶんつう
buntsuu
correspondence / exchange of letters
きとおり
ki toori
chocolate-vine / fiveleaf / fiveleaf akebia / fruit of the akebia
おとうし
o toushi
appetizer / appetiser
おつうじ
o tsuuji
bowel movement / evacuation
おつや
o tsuya
all-night vigil over a body / wake
ひととおり
hitotoori
from start to end / in general / ordinary / usual / briefly / roughly / one method
みとおし
mitooshi
unobstructed view / perspective / visibility / vista / forecast / outlook / prospect / prediction / insight / foresight
みとおす
mitoosu
to see without obstruction / to see through / to forecast / to predict / to anticipate
もとどおり
motodoori
as before / as ever
げんとうす
gen tousu
to persist in saying
ひとどおり
hitodoori
pedestrian traffic
きりどおし
kiridooshi
cutting / excavation / sunken road / opencut
おおどおり
oodoori
main street
なかとおり
naka toori
medium quality
がるとおりがる
toori garu
to act like a know-it-all / to pretend you know everything / to fancy one is an authority
じてつうじて
tsuuji te
through / via
じるつうじる
tsuuji ru
to be open / to lead to / to communicate / to flow / to pass / to get through to / to be understood / to be comprehended / to be honored / to be good / to be well versed in / to be well-informed / to communicate clandestinely / to keep in touch / to form a liaison
ずるつうずる
tsuuzu ru
to be open / to lead to / to communicate / to flow / to pass / to get through to / to be understood / to be comprehended / to be honored / to be good / to be well versed in / to be well-informed / to communicate clandestinely / to keep in touch / to form a liaison
ぶるとおりぶる
toori buru
to act like a know-it-all / to pretend you know everything / to fancy one is an authority
り雨とおりあめ
toori ame
shower
り物とおりもの
toori mono
demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
学生つうがくなま
tsuugaku nama
day student / commuting student
行止つうこうどめ
tsuukoudome
closure / dead end / blind alley / cul-de-sac / no through road
行上つうこううえ
tsuukou ue
closure / dead end / blind alley / cul-de-sac / no through road
行人つうこうにん
tsuukounin
passerby / pedestrian / foot passenger
行本つうこうほん
tsuukou hon
popular book / widely-read book / book of which there are many copies
行料つうこうりょう
tsuukouryou
toll
知書つうちしょ
tsuuchisho
written notification / notification
話口つうわくち
tsuuwa kuchi
mouthpiece of a telephone
話料つうわりょう
tsuuwaryou
charge for a telephone call
でんつうだい
dentsuudai
university of electro-communications
東洋とうようとおり
touyou toori
orientalist
ふたとおり
futatoori
duplicate pair / two kinds / two ways / twofold
日本にっぽんとおり
nippon toori
japan hand
はんつや
han tsuya
wake / vigil
かぜとおし
kazetooshi
ventilation / communication / openness
ほんどおり
hondoori
main street / boulevard
めとうし
me toushi
glancing through
めとおり
me toori
audience / eye-level
よどおし
yodooshi
all night / throughout the night
おさおさとうし
osa toushi
reed drawing-in / denting
お見おみとおし
o mitooshi
seeing through
お目おめとおり
o me toori
audience
このこのとおり
kono toori
like this / in this way / as you see
そのそのとおり
sono toori
just like that / quite so / i agree
ぶっぶっとうし
butsu toushi
continuous
やりやりとうす
yari tousu
to carry through / to achieve / to complete
医者いしゃかよい
isha kayoi
course of medical treatment / under-the-doctor
一文不いちぶんふつう
ichibun futsuu
total illiteracy
一方いっぽうつうこう
ippoutsuukou
one-way traffic
右のみぎのとおり
migi no toori
as above-mentioned
駅前えきまえどおり
ekimaedoori
street in front of station
計画けいかくとおり
keikaku toori
in accordance with plans / just as planned
元のもとのとおり
motono toori
as it was before
言いいいとうす
ii tousu
to persist in saying
言ういうとおり
iu toori
as says
左のひだりのとおり
hidari no toori
as following
事前じぜんつうち
jizen tsuuchi
advance notification
時間じかんとおり
jikan toori
on time
切りきりとうし
kiri toushi
cutting / excavation / sunken road / opencut
切りきりとうす
kiri tousu
to cut through
先にさきにとうす
sakini tousu
to let pass first
多者たものつうわ
ta mono tsuuwa
conference call / conference calling
注文ちゅうもんとおり
chuumon toori
as ordered
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Example Sentences with 通
こちらは私の友達のレイチェルです。私たちは同じ高校にっていました。

義務は、許可知の後、発行料を支払った後、も続く点に留意。

東北・秋田新幹線が運転を見合わせるなど交も混乱した。

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