Vocab Info
N4 う-verb (る), Intransitive verb, Suffix
通るto go by, to take (a route), to connect, to be admitted, to go through, to spread throughout, to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be understood, to make sense
Dictionary Definition
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- う-verb (る), Intransitive verb - 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; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect 
- 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 pass for, to come across as, to seem like 
- 13. - to be straight (e.g. wood grain) 
- 14. - to be well-informed, to be wise Archaic
 
- Suffix, う-verb (る) - 15. - to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly after the -masu stem of a verb
 
All Forms
通る 【とおる】、徹る 【とおる】、透る 【とおる】
Details
- と 
- お 
- る 
 
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Examples
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- どの道を通ればあの病院に早く着くかしら…。 - I wonder which road I should take to get to that hospital faster... - N4
 
- 私の息子なら、きっとその試験に通るでしょう。 - I am sure my son would pass that test. - N4
 
- クラスで目立たない私の意見なんて通るはずがないだろう。 - As I don't stand out in class, there is no way my opinion would get through. - N4
 
- 改札を通る時に、チケットを入れるか電子カードをタッチする必要があります。 - When going through the ticket gate, you need to insert your ticket or touch your electronic card. - N3
 
- 牛肉は豚肉と違って、十分に火が通っていなくても食べることが出来ると聞きました。 - I heard that beef, unlike pork, can be eaten even if the flame hasn't sufficiently spread all the way through it. (cooked) - N3
 
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