Word · 単語
通す
Reading とおす
to let pass
- 1 to let pass, to allow through, to let through, to make way (for)
- 2 to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.), to conduct (electricity), to let permeate (e.g. water through a fabric), to permit through, to let through (e.g. air), to run through (e.g. a pipe), to penetrate, to let in
- 3 to stick through (e.g. a hole), to force through (e.g. an opening), to thread (e.g. a needle), to put through
- 4 to connect (e.g. two places), to open (a route, path, etc.), to link (e.g. by a road), to establish (a connection between), to join, to extend up to (somewhere)
- 5 to pass (a student, applicant, etc.), to admit (e.g. a student), to let through, to let in
- 6 to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.), to show in, to guide in, to admit (someone)
- 7 to present logically, to make (e.g. one's argument) convincing, to be consistent (in one's reasoning), to stick to (e.g. one's principles)
- 8 to go through (e.g. a middleman), to put as an intermediary, to mediate via (somebody), to do via (something) — as 通して...する
- 9 to pass (a law), to put through (e.g. a motion), to make way (for)
- 10 to listen through (a door, wall, etc.), to look through (e.g. a window) — also written 透す
- 11 to heat thorougly (of food), to cook properly, to warm well, to heat evenly — as 火（熱）を～
- 12 to dip into (e.g. a sauce), to pass through (e.g. a broth), to put through (e.g. boiling water)
- 13 to make (someone) approve (e.g. a plan), to force agreement, to push through (a proposal, idea, will, etc.), to have one's way
- 14 to continue (in a state), to persist in (doing), to keep doing, to remain (in a state) — also as で～
- 15 to do through the lens of, to view from the angle of, to do from the perspective of — usu. as 通して...する
- 16 to do to the entirety of, to cover all of, to span the whole
- 17 to do from beginning to end without a break, to finish in one session, to do all at once, to do in one go — as 通して...する
- 18 to relay (a message, an order, etc.), to convey (an intention, meaning, etc.), to send through, to pass on (e.g. information), to make heard (e.g. one's voice)
- 19 to do ... to the end, to do ... continuously, to carry through ..., to complete ... — after the -masu stem of a verb
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例文 · examples
係官は私を通してくれた。
The official in charge let me in.
sense 5 · to pass (a student, applicant, etc.)
山を通してトンネルを通した。
They drove a tunnel through the hill.
sense 4 · to connect (e.g. two places)
銅はよく電気を通す。
Copper conducts electricity well.
sense 2 · to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.)
彼は一生独身で通した。
He remained single all his life.
sense 14 · to continue (in a state)
彼は主義を通して譲らなかった。
He stuck to his principle.
sense 7 · to present logically