Godan verb, intransitive verb

  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.
  6. to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far.
  7. to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed.
  8. to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted.
  9. to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for.
  10. to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense.
  11. to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood.
  12. to pass for, to come across as, to seem like.
  13. to be straight (e.g. wood grain).
  14. to be well-informed, to be wise. Archaism.

suffix, Godan verb

After the -masu stem of a verb.
  1. to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
通る とおる
 
徹る とおる
 
透る とおる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

traffic, pass through, avenue
ツウ とお.る かよ.う (2nd, N4)
road with walls on both sides
ヨウ (Kentei 1)
ma
utilize, business, service
ヨウ もち.いる たから (2nd, N4)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ