通す (とおす) : Let it pass — JLPT N3

THE WORD · N3

通すとおす

Let it pass

Verbe · Suffix · Group 1 verb

床下ゆかしたにパイプを通すとおす。

There are pipes under the floor.

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Parts of speech

Group 1 verb (godan) · Transitive · Suffix

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 1 (godan)

Verb usage: freight forwarder

English dictionary meanings

to let pass
to allow through
to let through
to make way (for)
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
to stick through (e.g. a hole)
to force through (e.g. an opening)
to thread (e.g. a needle)
to put through
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)
to pass (a student, applicant, etc.)
to admit (e.g. a student)
to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.)
to show in
to guide in
to admit (someone)
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)
to go through (e.g. a middleman)
to put as an intermediary
to mediate via (somebody)
to do via (something)
to pass (a law)
to put through (e.g. a motion)
to listen through (a door, wall, etc.)
to look through (e.g. a window)
to heat thorougly (of food)
to cook properly
to warm well
to heat evenly
to dip into (e.g. a sauce)
to pass through (e.g. a broth)
to put through (e.g. boiling water)
to make (someone) approve (e.g. a plan)
to force agreement
to push through (a proposal, idea, will, etc.)
to have one's way
to continue (in a state)
to persist in (doing)
to keep doing
to remain (in a state)
to do through the lens of
to view from the angle of
to do from the perspective of
to do to the entirety of
to cover all of
to span the whole
to do from beginning to end without a break
to finish in one session
to do all at once
to do in one go
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)
to do ... to the end
to do ... continuously
to carry through ...
to complete ...

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