通つう行こう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

通行する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the movement of people or vehicles along a road, path, or passage. Often used in compound nouns like 通行止め (road closed) or 通行人 (passerby).

common usage; widespread use

Rare, somewhat formal usage referring to something being widely used or commonly practiced. More often expressed with 普及 or 通用 in modern Japanese.

〈場ば所しょ〉を通つう行こうするto pass through a place
この橋はしは大おお型がた車しゃが通つう行こうできない。
Large vehicles cannot pass through this bridge.
通つう行こうを禁きん止しするto prohibit passage (through a road, area, etc.)
工こう事じのため、この道どう路ろは通つう行こうが禁きん止しされている。
This road is closed to traffic due to construction.
通つう行こうの妨さまたげになるto become an obstruction to passage/traffic
路ろ上じょうに放ほう置ちされた自じ転てん車しゃが通つう行こうの妨さまたげになっている。
The bicycles left on the street are blocking passage.
〈場ば所しょ〉が通つう行こうできるfor a place to be passable/open to traffic
工こう事じが終おわり、この道みちは再ふたたび通つう行こうできるようになった。
The construction finished, and the road is passable again.

交こう通つうN5sense 1
交通 covers transportation and traffic systems in general, while 通行 focuses narrowly on the act of passing through a specific road or place.
通つう用ようN2sense 2
通用 means something is accepted or valid (like currency or rules), which is the modern equivalent of 通行's rare secondary sense of 'common usage'.
往おう来らい sense 1
往来 emphasizes people and vehicles coming and going on a street, while 通行 is the more neutral, official term for passage or traffic.
行ゆき来きN2
通行 refers specifically to passing along a road or route, while 行き来 covers both street traffic and personal back-and-forth visiting.
通とおりN3
通行 is a formal, often legal term for passage (as in 通行禁止), while 通り describes the everyday sense of traffic flow one observes.

通つう航こう sense 1
通航 (same reading つうこう) refers specifically to ships or vessels passing through a waterway, whereas 通行 covers general passage of people or vehicles on land.

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Compound of 通 (pass through) and 行 (go). The meaning 'common usage' is an extension from the idea of something 'going through' society.