N2991/1725

通つう用よう

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するintransitive verb

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つうよう

Meanings

(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.), current use, circulation, currency, validity (e.g. of a ticket)
to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking), to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.), to hold true (e.g. of a theory), to apply, to be valid, to pass (for), to do well, to get by
going in and out, entrance and exit

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Example sentences

この券けんは全国ぜんこくで通用つうようします。

This ticket is valid throughout the country.

そのような言いい訳わけはここでは通用つうようしない。

That kind of excuse won't work here.

英語えいごは世界中せかいじゅうで通用つうようする言語げんごだ。

English is a language that is accepted all over the world.

その古ふるい理論りろんは現代げんだいでは通用つうようしなくなった。

That old theory has stopped holding true in modern times.

海外かいがいでも通用つうようするスキルを身みにつけることが重要じゅうようだと考かんがえている。

I believe it is important to acquire skills that are valid even abroad.

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.)