とお
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
Kanji used
pass through
Pitch accent
おる
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Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
carrying voice; well-projected voice
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
to force one's way through
to pass through town
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
to soak through; to be deeply impressed
to be well-known; to be famous
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
to be comprehensible
to have a break in the conversation; to experience an awkward silence; (lit.) an angel passes
to ride through; to ride along
Examples (41 in total)
Her voice doesn't carry.
Let's pass by the church.
The bill passed both Houses.