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不通 (ふつう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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ゆき
で
鉄てつ
道どう
が
不ふ
通つう
に
なっ
た
。
The railway was suspended due to heavy snow.
After the earthquake, the phone lines went down.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 不ふ 通つう になる for a service or connection to become suspended
The trains were suspended due to heavy snow.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 との 連れん 絡らく が 不ふ 通つう になる for communication with a place to be cut off
The earthquake cut off communication with the disaster area.
不ふ 通つう が 続つづ く for a suspension or outage to continue
This section of the line is still out of service.
Kanji 通 traffic, pass through, avenue Related words 停止 is a general word for stopping something (machines, movement, services), whereas 不通 specifically means a connection or route has become impassable.
中断 implies an interruption that is expected to resume, while 不通 focuses on the state of a line or connection being cut off.
Etymology Compound of 不 (fu, 'not') and 通 (tsū, 'pass through, communicate'). The reading ふつう is a regular on'yomi combination.
