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通つう用よう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
1. (common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket)
The yen isn't accepted in this country.
Verb (する, intransitive)
2. to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to apply; to be valid; to pass (for); to do well; to get by
If you quit here, you won't get by anywhere you go.
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
3. going in and out; entrance and exit
Kanji used
通
pass through
用
used for
Pitch accent
つ
うよう
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Conjugations...Used in: 3051
Composed of
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
side gate; side door; service entrance
period of validity
popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)
3 more...
Examples (11 in total)
That won't fly.
The yen isn't accepted in this country.
Yeah, it'll definitely hold up over there too.
Do you really think an argument like that will fly?
This law does not apply in Japan.
She could pass for twenty.
English is understood everywhere in this country.
The methods that have brought prosperity until now will no longer work.
It has power and accuracy that are sufficiently effective in actual combat.
If you quit here, you won't get by anywhere you go.
As expected, normally just words like these won't cut it.