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とおる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
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
Suffix
Verb (5-dan, る)
15. to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
after the -masu stem of a verb
Alt. forms
通とおる
94%
とおる
5%
透とおる
徹とおる
Pitch accent
と
おる
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Conjugations...Used in: 624
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to soak through; to be deeply impressed
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Examples (41 in total)
Her voice doesn't carry.
Let's pass by the church.
The bill passed both Houses.
Your voice carries well.
This painting will pass for genuine.
The boat passed under the bridge.
Tom left through the back door.
I went through the gate out onto the street.
Kelly's voice carries well.
Her voice carries very well.
Please come in.
There's not much traffic on this road.
You can take either road.
Study hard so that you can pass the exam.
I can't ensure that he will pass the examination.
I couldn't make myself heard in the noisy class.
The path winds through the woods.
The road was obstructed by fallen trees.
The gate is wide enough for the car to go through.
I passed by her house yesterday.
This road is too narrow for trucks to pass.
We saw the waiter coming through the door.
Please move the chair. It's in the way.
This road is too narrow for cars to pass.
I passed the city hall on my way to the station.
This ship is too big to pass through the canal.
He's studying hard so he can pass the entrance exam.
We took a back road to avoid the traffic accident.
A person pushing a stroller passed right in front of me.
Glasswork came from Persia by way of the Silk Road.
We took a back road to avoid the heavy traffic.
We took the shortest way to the station.
He stepped aside for her to pass.
I am used to hearing the train pass by my house.
Whichever highway you decide on, it will be crowded with cars and trucks.
At first they drove through streets of small, gray houses.
I could not make myself heard on account of the noise.
There was so much noise that the speaker couldn't make himself heard.
They came by Route 17.
She said good-bye to me and went through the ticket gate.
I passed by your house about 10 last night.