N21664/1725

通とおりかかる

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbintransitive verb

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とおりかかる

Meanings

to happen to pass by

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Example sentences

駅えきの前まえを通とおりかかったとき、偶然ぐうぜんに旧友きゅうゆうと出会であった。

When I happened to pass by in front of the station, I ran into an old friend by chance.

その公園こうえんを通とおりかかると、子供こどもたちが楽たのしそうに遊あそんでいた。

When I happened to pass by that park, children were playing happily.

事故じこ現場げんばを通とおりかかった人ひとが、すぐに救急車きゅうきゅうしゃを呼よんだ。

A person who happened to pass by the accident scene immediately called an ambulance.

その店みせの前まえを通とおりかかるたびに、おいしそうな匂においがして思おもわず立たち止とまってしまう。

Every time I happen to pass by that shop, the delicious smell makes me stop without thinking.

たまたまその路地ろじを通とおりかからなければ、彼女かのじょが倒たおれているのを誰だれも気きづかなかっただろう。

If I had not happened to pass by that alley, nobody would have noticed that she had collapsed.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)