Usage patterns 通つう 路ろ を 通とお る to go through a passage/aisle
The customer went through the narrow aisle to their seat.
通つう 路ろ をふさぐ to block a passage/aisle
The luggage was blocking the aisle, so I couldn't walk through.
通つう 路ろ 側がわ の 席せき aisle seat
I chose an aisle seat on the plane.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 と 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 結むす ぶ 通つう 路ろ a passage connecting two places
This passage connects the station and the department store.
Kanji 通 traffic, pass through, avenue Related words 廊下 refers specifically to an indoor corridor or hallway, while 通路 is broader and also covers aisles, walkways, and outdoor passages.
通り道 is a casual term for a route someone habitually takes, whereas 通路 is the formal word for a designated passage or aisle.
通路 is a general passageway or aisle (e.g. in a train or theater), whereas 回廊 specifically evokes a covered, encircling gallery in temples or palaces.
Don't confuse with 道路 means a road for vehicle traffic, while 通路 means a passage or aisle for walking through a building or space.
通路 is a physical passage or aisle you actually walk through, while 経路 is the broader, often abstract route or channel something travels along, including non-physical data or disease transmission.
通路 means a passage or aisle for people to walk through, while 水路 specifically refers to a channel through which water flows.
Etymology Compound of 通 (つう , 'passing through') and 路 (ろ , 'path, road'). The reading is on'yomi, reflecting its Sino-Japanese origin.
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