I Love Kanji通う (kayou)
通う (かよう, kayou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かよう
- Romaji
- kayou
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between · godan verb, intransitive
- to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent · godan verb, intransitive
- to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought) · godan verb, intransitive
- to resemble · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 通う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 通う | かよう kayou |
| Polite (~masu) | 通います | かよいます kayoimasu |
| Negative | 通わない | かよわない kayowanai |
| Polite negative | 通いません | かよいません kayoimasen |
| Past | 通った | かよった kayotta |
| Polite past | 通いました | かよいました kayoimashita |
| Negative past | 通わなかった | かよわなかった kayowanakatta |
| Te-form | 通って | かよって kayotte |
| Potential | 通える | かよえる kayoeru |
| Passive | 通われる | かよわれる kayowareru |
| Causative | 通わせる | かよわせる kayowaseru |
| Volitional | 通おう | かよおう kayoou |
| Imperative | 通え | かよえ kayoe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 通えば | かよえば kayoeba |
Kanji in 通う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 通う.
通るとおるto go by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不通ふつうsuspension
Source: JMdict entry 1432850 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.