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通す

とおす

to let pass, to run through

Mnemonic

You make the thing go the whole way through rather than standing there watching it. Thread through a needle, and the same tour とお as 通り straight down it: とおす.

Worth knowing

通る とおる is a thing passing through by itself. 通す is you putting it through.

Built from

pass through, commute
辶 the road radical. A way that goes all the way through.

Words sharing these kanji

normal, regular, average street to pass, to take, to go through to go to and from, to frequent a place to pass, to communicate with

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