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通る

とおる

to pass, to take, to go through

Mnemonic

The road carries on all the way through instead of stopping short. The same tour とお as 通り, and you are down it every single morning: とおる.

Worth knowing

通り とおり is the street itself. 通る glosses as to take because you take a road, not the way かかる takes time.

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 go to and from, to frequent a place to pass, to communicate with to let pass, to run through

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