通る
とおる
hepburn tooru
to pass through, to go along (intransitive)
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- この道を通ると駅に早く着きます。If you go along this road, you reach the station faster.
- 毎朝この店の前を通ります。I pass in front of this shop every morning.
Collocations
道を通る前を通る通り過ぎる電車が通る試験に通る
Mnemonic
通る tooru — from 通 (to pass through): the movement radical 辶 with 用 — a road that runs through without blocking, to pass along. It is intransitive; though it takes を, that marks the path traversed (道を通る). Figuratively, 試験に通る = to pass an exam. The on-yomi つう appears in 交通 (traffic) and 普通 (ordinary).
Quick check
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