通り

Meanings

1. street; road; avenue; thoroughfare
2. traffic; coming and going
3. flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running
4. transmission (of sound); reach (of voice)
5. reputation; favor; favour; popularity

Part of speech: noun, counter

Kanji

• 通

  Meanings

  traffic, pass through, avenue, commute

  On reading

  ツウ、ツ

  Kun reading

  とお.る、とお.り、-とお.り、-どお.り、とお.す、とお.し

  Strokes

  10

Example sentences

• この通りに沿って行けば駅に着きます。

  If you follow this street, you will get to the station.

  Tatoeba #220485 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• この横町は人の通りが多い。

  This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.

  Tatoeba #222889 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• この煙突は通りが悪くなった。

  This chimney has begun to draw badly.

  Tatoeba #222897 · CC BY 2.0 FR