通る

とおる・ tooru

Pitch accent

通る頭高型

〜ます形中高型

〜て形頭高型

〜た形頭高型

〜ない形中高型

〜なかった形中高型

〜ば形頭高型

使役形中高型

受身形中高型

命令形頭高型

可能形中高型

〜う形中高型

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
To run (between), to operate (between), to connect
To go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in
To penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through
To permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout
To carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far
To be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed
To pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted
To go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for
To be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense
To get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood
To be straight (e.g. wood grain)
To be well-informed, to be wise
To do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly

Level: Intermediate I

京都・北大路間は地下鉄が通っている。
きょうと・きたおおじかんはちかてつがかよっている。
There is a subway line between Kyoto and Kitaoji.
あの人は（学者でもないのに）学者として通っている。
あのひとは（がくしゃでもないのに）がくしゃとしてかよっている。
That person is known as a scholar (even though they are not).
この文章には意味の通らないところが幾つかある。
このぶんしょうにはいみのとおらないところがいくつかある。
There are several parts of this sentence that don't make sense.