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通 — JLPT N4 Kanji — Detail

Onyomi: ツ, ツウ  ·  Kunyomi: -とお.り, -どお.し, -どお.り, かよ.う, とお.し, とお.す, とお.り, とお.る  ·  Meanings: avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc., pass through, traffic

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通

Unicode: 901A Strokes: 10
JLPT N4
Meanings
avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc., pass through, traffic
Onyomi
ツ, ツウ
Kunyomi
-とお.り, -どお.し, -どお.り, かよ.う, とお.し, とお.す, とお.り, とお.る
Name Readings
とん, どうし, どおり, みち
JLPT
N4
Grade
2
Frequency
-
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Practice
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Vocabulary Examples

Word Reading Meaning Meta
通 つう authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
通学 つうがく commuting to school, school commute common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
通勤 つうきん commuting to work common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
通訳 つうやく interpretation (i.e. oral translation) common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
通貨 つうか currency common JLPT-N2 Noun
通路 つうろ passage, pathway, roadway, avenue, aisle common JLPT-N2 Noun
通る とおる 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 common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
通う かよう to go to and from (a place), to go back and forth between, to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.), to ply between common JLPT-N4 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb
通り とおり street, road, avenue, thoroughfare common JLPT-N3 Noun
通す とおす to stick through, to force through common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
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Example Sentences

Example #1
この道を通ります。
この みち を とおります
kono michi o toorimasu
I pass through this road.
Example #2
毎日学校に通います。
まいにち がっこう に かよいます
mainichi gakkou ni kayoimasu
I go to school every day.
Example #3
手紙を通して伝えます。
てがみ を とおして つたえます
tegami o tooshite tsutaemasu
I communicate through a letter.
Example #4
交通が通っています。
こうつう が とおっています
koutsuu ga tootteimasu
Traffic is flowing.
Example #5
通学に時間がかかります。
つうがく に じかん が かかります
tsuugaku ni jikan ga kakarimasu
Commuting to school takes time.
Example #6
通訳を頼みます。
つうやく を たのみます
tsuuyaku o tanomimasu
I ask for an interpreter.
Example #7
手紙が通じました。
てがみ が つうじました
tegami ga tsuujimashita
The letter was understood.
Example #8
通路を空けてください。
つうろ を あけて ください
tsuuro o akete kudasai
Please keep the passage clear.
Example #9
通信教育を受けます。
つうしん きょういく を うけます
tsuushin kyouiku o ukemasu
I take correspondence education.
Example #10
道路を通行します。
どうろ を つうこう します
douro o tsuukou shimasu
I pass through the road.
Example #11
郵便が通じませんでした。
ゆうびん が つうじません でした
yuubin ga tsuujimasen deshita
The mail did not get through.
Example #12
電車で通勤します。
でんしゃ で つうきん します
densha de tsuukin shimasu
I commute by train.
Example #13
友達と通話します。
ともだち と つうわ します
tomodachi to tsuuwa shimasu
I talk with a friend on the phone.
Example #14
通学路を覚えます。
つうがくろ を おぼえます
tsuugakuro o oboemasu
I remember the school route.
Example #15
この道は車が通れます。
この みち は くるま が とおれます
kono michi wa kuruma ga tooremasu
Cars can pass through this road.