英和和英

読み方 とおる

自動詞

To penetrate; to pierce; to permeate

用例

• 水の透らぬ岩層がある
  There is a stratum impervious to water.

• 油紙は水が透らぬ
  Oil-paper is impervious to water―proof against water―water proof.
• この靴は水が透る
  Those shoes let the water through.
• ガラスは光線が透る
  Class is transparent.
• 紙は明かりが透る
  Paper is translucent.

読み方 とおる

自他動

1

（＝通行する）to pass; to pass along （a street）; to go down （a street）; to pass through （a corridor）

用例

• 今人が通った
  A man passed just now.

• 馬で通った
  He rode past.
• 馬車で通った
  He drove past.
• 歩いて通った
  He walked past.
• 走って通った
  He ran past.
• 馬車が通った
  A carriage swept past.
• 自動車が通った
  A motor-car flashed past.
• 人っ子一人通らない
  Not a soul is to be seen in the streets
  The streets are deserted.
• 通りを通る
  to pass along a street―（歩いてなら）―walk down a street―（馬でなら）―ride down a street―（馬車でなら）―drive down a street―（走ってなら）―run down a street［注意］上り坂の場合に限って“down”の代りに“up”を用いる。
• 行列はこの町を通る
  The procession will pass along this street―pass through this street.
• どの道を通って行くか
  By which way are you going?
• 本町を通って来た
  I came by the High Street.
• 通りは馬車で通れぬ
  The street is blocked with carriages.
• この道はとても通れぬ
  This road is impassable―impracticable.
• この通りは自動車が通れぬ
  A motor-car can not pass through this street
  This street does not admit a motor-car.
• この通りは自動車が二台並んで通れぬ
  Motor-cars can not run two abreast through this street.
• 家の前を通る
  to pass a house―go past a house
• あの家は素通りに通れぬ
  I can not pass that house without looking in.
• 君は学校へ行く時郵便局の前を通らないか
  Shall you not pass the Post Office on your way to school?
• 毎日お門を通ります
  I pass your door every day.
• あの人は毎日馬で通る
  He rides past （my house） every day.
• 今自動車で通った
  He rode past in a motor-car just now.
• 通れ
  （関守が言えば）Pass on!―（乞食に向かって言えば）―Get along with you!―Off with you!

2

（＝通過する）to pass through （a town or a country）; to pass （the House, etc.）

用例

• あの町を通ったことがある
  I once passed through that town.

• 今通った村はどこでしたか
  What was the village we passed through just now?
• ヨーロッパへ行く時米国を通った
  I passed through America on my way to Europe.
• 米国を素通りに通った
  I passed through America without stopping there.
• 米国を通って欧州へ行った
  I went to Europe by way of America―via America.
• 関所を通る
  to pass through a barrier
• 汽車が停車場を通る
  A train passes a station.
• 今通った station はどこでしたか
  What was the station we passed just now?
• 鉄道が市街を通る
  The railway runs through the city.
• 列車が隧道を通る
  A train runs through a tunnel.
• 列車が橋を通る
  A train passes a bridge.
• 船が運河を通る
  A ship passes through a canal.
• 戦闘艦は巨砲を下ろさなければ Suez の運河が通れぬ
  A battleship can not pass through the Suez canal unless she is lightened of her big guns.
• 道路が崕縁を通る
  The road runs along a precipice.
• 議案は両院を通った
  The bill has passed both Houses.
• 試験を通る
  to pass an examination
• 人込みを通る
  to pass through a crowd―（押して通れば）―push one's way through a crowd―elbow one's way through a crowd
• たいへんな人でとても通れぬ
  There is an immense crowed, and I can't make my way through it.
• 喉を通る
  to go down the throat
• 病人は何を食っても喉を通らぬ
  No food will go down his throat
  He rejects all kinds of food.

3

（＝打通る、貫く）to run through （a house）; to traverse （a country）

用例

• 廊下が縦に通っている
  A corridor runs through the building.

• 鉄道が半島の端から端へ通っている
  A railway runs through the peninsula.
• この糸は太くて針のめどを通らない
  The thread is too thick to run through the needle's eye.
• この辺は鉄道が縦横に通っている
  The country is traversed by railways in all directions
  The country is a network of railways.
• 土管がふさがって水が通らぬ
  The pipe is choked, and does not allow the water to flow.
• この外套は雨が通る
  This overcoat lets the rain through.
• 雨が通らぬ
  It is rainproof―waterproof.
• 煙管｛きせる｝が通るか
  Does the pipe draw well?
• 通らぬ
  It does not draw.
• よく通る声だ
  His voice reaches far―carries far―It is a penetrating voice―a piercing voice.
• いくら大きい声を出しても通らない
  I can not make myself heard.
• この講堂は声が通る、声が通らぬ
  The hall has good acoustic properties―bad acoustic properties.
• この魚は火が通らない
  The fish is not done enough.

4

（＝通用する）to pass current; to pass muster; to pass （for or as something）

用例

• こんな品は通らぬ
  Such articles will not pass muster.

• こんなばかばかしい説が世間を通っているからおかしい
  It is strange that such absurd stories should pass current.
• これなら本物で通る
  The article will pass for genuine―pass as genuine.
• 彼は英学の大家で通っている
  He passes for a great English scholar
  He is acknowledge as an authority on English.
• あれでも学者で通っているからおかしい
  It is strange that he should pass for a scholar.
• 彼は学者で通ろうとする
  He tries to pass himself off for a scholar.
• 大きな顔をして世間を通れる人間じゃない
  He can not pass for a respectable man.
• 彼は通称儀助で通っている
  He goes by the name of Gisuke
  He is commonly known as Gisuke.

5

（＝入る）to enter; to come in:（通される）to be shown in

用例

• どうぞお通りください
  Please come in!

• ずっとお通りなさい
  Come right in!
• 応接間へ通った
  I was shown into the parlour.

6

（＝容れられる）to pass; to prevail （with some one）

用例

• そんな言い訳は通らぬ
  Such excuses will not pass.

• そんなばかばかしい理屈が通るものか
  How can such absurd arguments pass?
• 議論が通らなければ威圧するよりほかは無い
  If arguments will not prevail with him, we must resort to coercive measures.
• 彼は大臣に意見が通る
  He has influence with the minister.

7

（＝届く、叶う）to be attained; to be gained; to be fulfilled; to be realized

用例

• 思いが通る
  to attain one's desire―gain the desire of one's heart

• 日頃の思いが通った
  My cherished desire is fulfilled.
• とてもと思った望みが通った
  My wildest wishes have been realized
  My wildest hopes have been fulfilled.