also: おつうじ
bowel movement; defecation; evacuation
Usually お通じ. A polite, everyday euphemism for bowel movements, often used when talking about regularity, constipation, or health.
I haven't been having many bowel movements lately.
After I started eating more vegetables, my bowel movements improved.
understanding; quickness to understand; being on the same wavelength
Used for how readily someone understands another person's thoughts, feelings, intention, or hints. It is most natural in limited phrases such as 通じが早い, 通じがいい, and 通じが悪い; 理解 or 察し may be more common in plain modern wording.
She is quick to understand and immediately picks up on what we mean.
Even if you hint at it indirectly, he is slow to catch on.
I had a bowel movement this morning.
She catches on quickly, so I don't need to explain much.
Eating lots of vegetables improves bowel regularity.
That boss is slow to catch on, so it's hard to get things across to him.
This medicine can help induce a bowel movement.
排便 is a clinical term for the act of defecation, whereas 通じ sounds gentler and less technical in everyday speech.
察し refers to the act of inferring someone's feelings or intentions, while 通じ describes the resulting ease or difficulty of that understanding.
Defecation is naturally counted as an occurrence in everyday speech.
lead to; be connected to; be open for communication · flow through; pass through; get through · be understood; get across; be comprehensible · be held in honor; have a good reputation; be regarded well · be well versed in; be knowledgeable about; be well-informed · be secretly in contact with; collude with; communicate clandestinely · have an intimate relationship; form a liaison; be sexually involved · spread widely; become widely known; be disseminated
bowel movement; evacuation; defecation
through; via · throughout; all through; all over
laxative; purgative
be mutually understood; be comprehended by each other · exchange (thoughts, feelings); communicate with each other
Standard spelling. For the bowel-movement sense it is usually used with the polite prefix お, as お通じ.
Very common polite or euphemistic form for bowel movements; note 'usually お〜'.
A noun use of the continuative form 通じ of 通じる, 'to pass through; to be understood.' The bowel sense is conventionally connected with the idea of passage through the body, but the exact semantic development is not specified.