JLPT N4 · Verb

通る (tooru)

通る (とおる, tooru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to go by; to go past”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: とおる
Romaji: tooru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through · godan verb, intransitive
to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to connect · godan verb, intransitive
to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in · godan verb, intransitive
to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through · godan verb, intransitive
to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

私は毎日その教会の前を通る。

I go by that church every day.

Tatoeba #152721

駅と飛行機の間は、バスが通っている。

Buses run between the station and the airport.

Tatoeba #188943

弾がヘルメットを通った。

A bullet pierced the helmet.

Tatoeba #127332

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

Conjugation of 通る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	通る	とおる tooru
Polite (~masu)	通ります	とおります toorimasu
Negative	通らない	とおらない tooranai
Polite negative	通りません	とおりません toorimasen
Past	通った	とおった tootta
Polite past	通りました	とおりました toorimashita
Negative past	通らなかった	とおらなかった tooranakatta
Te-form	通って	とおって tootte
Potential	通れる	とおれる tooreru
Passive	通られる	とおられる toorareru
Causative	通らせる	とおらせる tooraseru
Volitional	通ろう	とおろう toorou
Imperative	通れ	とおれ toore
Conditional (~ba)	通れば	とおれば tooreba

Kanji in 通る

通

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 通る.

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不通ふつうsuspension

Source: JMdict entry 1433030 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.