通る

How to remember it

Picture a long road (通) you travel far along until you pass through to the other side.

Example sentences

• この道は駅の前を通る。

  このみちはえきのまえをとおる。

  This road passes in front of the station.

• 声がよく通る部屋だ。

  こえがよくとおるへやだ。

  It's a room where sound carries well.

Usage

Intransitive godan verb; place passed through takes the particle を.

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