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通 kanji
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ツウツ
Kun readings
とおるとおり-とおり-どおりとおすとおし-どおしかよう
Words with 通
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —左側通行driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving
- —気象通報weather report
- —貫通銃創piercing bullet wound
- —宇宙通信space communication
- —流通革命distribution revolution
- —流通証券negotiable securities
- —流通資本circulating capital
- —交通の便transportation access; access to (public) transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); transport links
- —正副二通original and duplicate
- —通勤の足means of commuting; transportation for commuting; way of getting to work
- —通信圏外out of the range of communication
- —日英通訳Japanese-English interpreting
- —不通箇所tied-up places (spots)
- —共通言語common language; lingua franca
- —交通問題traffic problem
- —市内通話intra-city telephone call; local call
- —指名通話person-to-person call; personal call
- —社会通念idea commonly accepted by society; socially accepted idea
- —通勤地獄commuters' hell; commuting hell
- —通勤定期commutation ticket; season ticket