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通り, とおり
Adverbial noun
1. avenue, street, way, road
2. coming and going, street traffic
3. flow (of water, air, etc.)
4. transmission (of sound), reach (e.g. of voice)
5. fame, reputation, popularity
それは２通りに解釈できる。
通り, どおり
Noun, used as a suffix
1. in accordance with, following
2. roughly, about
3. Street, Avenue
それは２通りに解釈できる。
通る, 徹る, 透る, とおる
Conjugated: 通り
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of
2. to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect
3. to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in
4. to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through
5. to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout
黙っていて心が通った。
通り抜ける, 通りぬける, とおりぬける
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
to go through, to pass through, to get through, to cut across
その車は門を通り抜けた。
通り過ぎる, 通りすぎる, とおりすぎる
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
to go past, to pass, to pass by
私はその暗い道を通り過ぎた。
文字通り, 文字どおり, もじどおり
May take 'no'
1. literal
Adverbial noun
2. literally
かわいそうにその犬は文字通りライオンに引き裂かれてしまった。
元通り, 元どおり, もとどおり
NA-adjective, Temporal noun (jisoumeishi)
as before, as ever, as it was originally
いったんしたことは元どおりにならない。
通り越す, 通りこす, 通り超す, とおりこす
Godan verb, Intransitive
to go past (a place or thing), to go beyond
うっかり降りるところを通り越した。
裏通り, 裏通, うらどおり, うらとおり
side street (often parallel to a main street), back street, alley, alleyway
強盗は裏通りで彼女を襲った。
一通り, ひととおり
Adverbial noun, May take 'no'
1. generally, in the main, briefly (look over, explain, etc.), roughly, more or less
2. (more or less) everything, all parts, bit of everything, whole process
usu. in the negative
3. ordinary, usual, average, common
4. one method
期待通り, 期待どおり, きたいどおり
May take 'no', Adverb
as expected (positive events), as hoped for
すべて期待どおりになった。
予想通り, 予想どおり, よそうどおり
Expression, See どおり・1
as expected, predictably, not surprisingly
それは予想通りでした。