Japanese Dictionary

Words

61 words found
  • 通る, 徹る, 透る
    JLPT 4
    Kana Reading
    とおる
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      Godan verb with `ru' ending, intransitive verb
      Meaning
      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
      Example sentence
      そしてこの法律案が通らなかった場合において、おまえはどういう責任をとるのだ。 And how will you take responsibility in the case that this bill doesn't pass?
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to run (between); to operate (between); to connect
      Example sentence
      松葉杖ってけっこうムズいな・・・。「すみません、ストレッチャー通ります！」 Crutches are pretty tricky ... "Excuse me, stretcher coming through!"
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
      Example sentence
      列車がゴーっと音を立ててトンネルを通りすぎた。 The train roared through the tunnel.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
      Example sentence
      落石で村へ通じる唯一の道が通れなくなった。 Fallen rocks cut off the only access to the village.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
      Example sentence
      容易に試験に通ると思う。 I expect her to pass the examination easily.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
      Example sentence
      夕べ１０時頃君の家のそばを通ったよ。 I passed by your house about 10 last night.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
      Example sentence
      郵便局のそばを通っていく。 I'm going by the post office.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
      Example sentence
      門を通って表通りに出た。 I went through the gate out onto the street.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
      Example sentence
      門はとても狭くてその車は通れません。 The gate is so narrow that the car can't pass through it.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
      Example sentence
      門はその車が通れるほど広い。 The gate is wide enough for the car to go through.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
      Example sentence
      黙っていて心が通った。 There was no need for verbal communication.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
      Example sentence
      木が倒れていて道が通れなくなっていた。 The road was obstructed by fallen trees.
    • Parts of speech
      Meaning
      to be well-informed; to be wise
      Example sentence
      無理も通れば道理となる。 Where might is master, justice is servant.
    • Parts of speech
      suffix, Godan verb with `ru' ending
      Meaning
      to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
      Example sentence
      無理が通れば道理が引っ込む。 Might makes right.
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  • 徹底
    JLPT 3
    Kana Reading
    てってい
    Word Senses
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  • 通す, 徹す, 透す
    JLPT 3
    Kana Reading
    とおす
    Word Senses
    • Parts of speech
      Godan verb with `su' ending, transitive verb
      Meaning
      to let pass; to overlook; to continue; to keep; to make way for; to persist in
      Example sentence
      兄弟とも「妻と飛行機の両方は養えない」との理由で、生涯独身を通した。 Saying they could not support both a wife and an airplane, the two brothers therefore spent their lives as bachelors.
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Kanji

47 kanji found
  • 徹 JLPT 1

    15 strokes

    penetrate, clear, pierce, strike home, sit up (all night)

    On'Yomi: テツ

    Kun'Yomi:

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  • 撤 JLPT 1

    15 strokes

    remove, withdraw, disarm, dismantle, reject, exclude

    On'Yomi: テツ

    Kun'Yomi:

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  • 屮

    3 strokes

    left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)

    On'Yomi: テツ, サ

    Kun'Yomi: ひだりて

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