通

Meanings

traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.

ES: atravesar, traspasar, hacer saber, pasar, ir y venir

Common words

• 交通こうつうtraffic, transportation
• 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
• 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
• 普通ふつうnormal, ordinary, regular, usual, common, average
• 共通きょうつうcommon, shared, mutual
• 通すとおすto let pass, to allow through, to let through, to make way (for)
• 通りとおりstreet, road, avenue, thoroughfare
• 通過つうかpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.), passing by (e.g. of a typhoon), transit

Example sentences

• 電話でんわは不通ふつうなの。

  The phones aren't working.

  El teléfono no funciona.

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• これが海うみへの通路つうろだ。

  This is the passage to the sea.

  Esta es la entrada al mar.

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• すべての道みちはローマに通つうず。

  All roads lead to Rome.

  Todos los caminos llevan a Roma.

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• 彼かれは彼女かのじょを通訳つうやくとして雇やとった。

  He engaged her as an interpreter.

  Él la contrató como intérprete.

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