通かよう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

go back and forth; travel between; run between

Describes repeated movement between two places. It can also describe a bus, train, ferry, or other service that regularly runs or plies between places.

• 荷に物もつを運はこぶために、家いえと倉そう庫この間あいだを何なん度ども通かよった。

  I went back and forth between the house and the warehouse many times to move the luggage.

• 島しまと本ほん土どの間あいだをフェリーが通かよっている。

  A ferry runs between the island and the mainland.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

attend; commute to; frequent

Used when someone regularly goes to a school, workplace, clinic, lesson, gym, shop, or similar place. The destination is commonly marked with に.

• 妹いもうとは東とう京きょうの大だい学がくに通かよっている。

  My younger sister attends a university in Tokyo.

• 毎まい朝あさ、電でん車しゃで会かい社しゃに通かよっている。

  I commute to work by train every morning.

• 健けん康こうのために週しゅう二に回かいジムに通かよっている。

  I go to the gym twice a week for my health.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

circulate; flow through; be communicated

Used for something passing through a body or system, such as blood or electricity, and figuratively for feelings, thought, or understanding reaching another person. Common in expressions like 血が通う and 心が通う.

See also: 血が通う · 心が通う

• 寒さむさで指ゆび先さきに血ちが通かよわない感かんじがする。

  My fingertips feel as if blood is not circulating because of the cold.

• 二人ふたりは長ながい時じ間かんをかけて心こころが通かようようになった。

  Over a long time, the two came to understand each other emotionally.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

resemble; have something in common

Uncommon compared with 似る or 共通する. Often appears in formal or literary-sounding phrasing such as 通うものがある or 通うところがある, meaning that two things resemble each other or share a quality.

• 彼かれの作さく風ふうには師し匠しょうに通かようところがある。

  His style has something in common with his teacher's.

• 二人ふたりの顔かお立だちにはどこか通かようものがある。

  There is something similar about the two people's features.