I Love Kanji通用 (tsuuyou)
通用 (つうよう, tsuuyou) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つうよう
- Romaji
- tsuuyou
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- (common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket) · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- 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 · suru verb, intransitive
- going in and out; entrance and exit · noun, suru verb, intransitive
Example sentences
彼は年の割に若く見えるので、大学生として通用します。
He looks so young for his age that he passes for a college student.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 通用
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 通用する | つうようする tsuuyousuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 通用します | つうようします tsuuyoushimasu |
| Negative | 通用しない | つうようしない tsuuyoushinai |
| Polite negative | 通用しません | つうようしません tsuuyoushimasen |
| Past | 通用した | つうようした tsuuyoushita |
| Polite past | 通用しました | つうようしました tsuuyoushimashita |
| Negative past | 通用しなかった | つうようしなかった tsuuyoushinakatta |
| Te-form | 通用して | つうようして tsuuyoushite |
| Potential | 通用できる | つうようできる tsuuyoudekiru |
| Passive | 通用される | つうようされる tsuuyousareru |
| Causative | 通用させる | つうようさせる tsuuyousaseru |
| Volitional | 通用しよう | つうようしよう tsuuyoushiyou |
| Imperative | 通用しろ | つうようしろ tsuuyoushiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 通用すれば | つうようすれば tsuuyousureba |
Kanji in 通用
通
traffic, pass through, avenueツウ・ツ・とお.る・とお.り · 10 strokes用
utilize, business, serviceヨウ・もち.いる · 5 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 通用.
通るとおるto go by通うかようto go to and from (a place)交通こうつうtraffic通りとおりstreet普通ふつうnormal共通きょうつうcommon通過つうかpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.)通貨つうかcurrency通学つうがくcommuting to school通勤つうきんcommuting to work通行つうこうpassage (of people or vehicles)通信つうしんcorrespondence通訳つうやくinterpretation (i.e. oral translation)通すとおすto let pass
Source: JMdict entry 1433570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.