通る

徹る、 透る

Reading

Kana: とおる
Romaji: tooru
Kana
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Definitions

v5r
vi
1

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); to operate (between); to connect

Note: of public transport
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

6

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

7

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

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

to be straight (e.g. wood grain)

13

to be well-informed; to be wise

Note: archaism
suf
v5r
14

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

Note: after the -masu stem of a verb

Kanji

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Reading: テツ
Meanings: penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)
Readings: トウ、 す.く、 す.かす、 す.ける、 とう.る、 とう.す
Meanings: transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate

Example Sentences

その(あん)(とお)った。
➥The proposal went through.
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(きみ)(こえ)はよく(とお)る。
➥Your voice carries well.
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法案(ほうあん)両院(りょういん)(とお)った。
➥The bill passed both Houses.
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(かれ)(こえ)はよく(とお)る。
➥His voice carries very well.
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右側(みぎがわ)(とお)るべきだ。
➥You should keep to the right.
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彼女(かのじょ)(こえ)(とお)らない。
➥Her voice doesn't carry.
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