通り

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
通
とお Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of the verb 通る (tōru, “to go by; to go past; to go along”, intransitive).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とおり [tòóríꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɾʲi]

Noun

通(とお)り • (tōri) 

1. street

   古(ふる)い通(とお)り

   furui tōri

   old street

2. traffic
3. quality of flowing

   夏(なつ)は空気(くうき)の通(とお)りがいい

   natsu wa kūki no tōri ga ī

   the air circulates/flows well in the summer

   (literally, “in the summer, the flow of the air is good”)

   鼻(はな)の通(とお)りが悪(わる)い時(とき)

   hana no tōri ga warui toki

   when the nose is stuffed

   (literally, “when the flowing of the nose is bad”)

4. reputation, name
5. understanding
6. in accordance with

   ご覧(らん)の通(とお)り

   go-ran no tōri

   as you can see

   (literally, “[in] accordance with [your] looking”)

   ご覧(らん)の通(とお)りです。

   Go-ran no tōri desu.

   It is precisely as you can see.

7. combination; permutation; variation

   A(エー)とB(ビー)の2(　に)通(とお)りを用意(ようい)する

   ē to bī no ni-tōri o yōi suru

   to prepare two different variations

   発音(はつおん)が2(に)通(とお)りある

   hatsuon ga ni-tōri aru

   to have 2 different pronunciations

   全部(ぜんぶ)で32(さんじゅうに)通(とお)り

   zenbu de sanjū-ni-tōri

   32 permutations in all

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
通
とお > どお Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Suffix

通(どお)り • (-dōri) 

1. as, in accordance with
   • 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":

     だが、期待(きたい)通(どお)りにはならなかった。

     Da ga, kitai-dōri ni wa naranakatta.

     Yet expectations have gone unmet.

2. roughly
3. street

   中央(ちゅうおう)通(どお)り

   chūōdōri

   central street

Related terms

• 望(のぞ)み通(どお)り (nozomidōri)