通

Meaning

通 centers on movement along a path: traffic, passing through, commuting, or an avenue. The counter sense extends this to items that travel along a route, like letters or documents.

• 普通ふつう
  N4

  normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average

• 通りどおり

  in accordance with; following

• 通りとおり
  N3

  street; road; avenue; thoroughfare

• 通常つうじょう
  N2

  usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

• 通るとおる
  N4

  to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of

• 通信つうしん
  N3

  correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

• 交通こうつう
  N5

  traffic; transportation

• 共通きょうつう
  N3

  common; shared; mutual

• 通すとおす
  N3

  to stick through; to force through

• 通つう
  N1

  authority; expert; connoisseur; well-informed person

• 通うかよう
  N4

  to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between

• 通販つうはん

  online shopping; e-commerce; mail order

• 通知つうち
  N3

  notice; notification; report; posting

• 通貨つうか
  N2

  currency

• 通過つうか
  N3

  passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit

• 通じつうじ

  (bowel) movement; evacuation; defecation

• 通勤つうきん
  N3

  commuting to work

• 通報つうほう
  N1

  report; notification; tip; bulletin

• 流通りゅうつう
  N1

  circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution

• 通話つうわ
  N1

  telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; videoconference call

• 通学つうがく
  N3

  commuting to school; school commute

• 通路つうろ
  N3

  passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

• 見通しみとおし
  N1

  unobstructed view; perspective; visibility; vista

• 通用つうよう
  N2

  (common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket)

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