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JLPT N4 · Noun

通り (toori)

通り (とおり, toori) is a Japanese noun meaning “street; road”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
とおり
Romaji
toori
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. street; road; avenue; thoroughfare · noun
  2. traffic; coming and going · noun
  3. flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running · noun
  4. transmission (of sound); reach (of voice) · noun
  5. reputation; favor; favour; popularity · noun

Example sentences

この通りに沿って行けば駅に着きます。
If you follow this street, you will get to the station.
Tatoeba #220485
この横町は人の通りが多い。
This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.
Tatoeba #222889
この煙突は通りが悪くなった。
This chimney has begun to draw badly.
Tatoeba #222897

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 通り

通
traffic, pass through, avenueツウ・ツ・とお.る・とお.り · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 通り.

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 1432920 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.