The Japanese dictionary for learners.

Instant search in romaji, kana, kanji, #k [kanji], or components #c [radicals].

search
Examples:

通す とおす N3

  1. to allow through; to let pass; to let through; to make way (for)
  2. to conduct (electricity); to let in; to let permeate (e.g. water through a fabric); to let through (e.g. air); to penetrate; to permit through; to run through (e.g. a pipe); to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.)
  3. to force through (e.g. an opening); to put through; to stick through (e.g. a hole); to thread (e.g. a needle)
  4. to connect (e.g. two places); to establish (a connection between); to extend up to (somewhere); to join; to link (e.g. by a road); to open (a route, path, etc.)
  5. to admit (e.g. a student); to let in; to let through; to pass (a student, applicant, etc.)
  6. to admit (someone); to guide in; to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in
  7. to be consistent (in one's reasoning); to make (e.g. one's argument) convincing; to present logically; to stick to (e.g. one's principles)
  8. to do via (something); to go through (e.g. a middleman); to mediate via (somebody); to put as an intermediary
  9. to make way (for); to pass (a law); to put through (e.g. a motion)
  10. to listen through (a door, wall, etc.); to look through (e.g. a window)
  11. to cook properly; to heat evenly; to heat thorougly (of food); to warm well
  12. to dip into (e.g. a sauce); to pass through (e.g. a broth); to put through (e.g. boiling water)
  13. to force agreement; to have one's way; to make (someone) approve (e.g. a plan); to push through (a proposal, idea, will, etc.)
  14. to continue (in a state); to keep doing; to persist in (doing); to remain (in a state)
  15. to do from the perspective of; to do through the lens of; to view from the angle of
  16. to cover all of; to do to the entirety of; to span the whole
  17. to do all at once; to do from beginning to end without a break; to do in one go; to finish in one session
  18. to convey (an intention, meaning, etc.); to make heard (e.g. one's voice); to pass on (e.g. information); to relay (a message, an order, etc.); to send through
  19. to carry through ...; to complete ...; to do ... continuously; to do ... to the end

貫き通す つらぬきとおす

  1. to go through; to penetrate; to pierce
  2. to carry out; to keep (e.g. faith); to maintain (e.g. independence); to persist with; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.)

目を通す めをとおす

  1. to look over; to scan

遣り通す やりとおす N1

  1. to achieve; to carry through; to complete

押し通す おしとおす

  1. to carry out; to carry through; to have one's own way; to persist in; to push through

我を通す がをとおす

  1. to have one's own way; to insist on one's own ideas

見通す みとおす

  1. to get an unobstructed view (of); to see through; to see without obstruction
  2. to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to see into (someone's thoughts); to see through (e.g. someone's plans)
  3. to anticipate; to forecast; to foresee; to predict
  4. to watch from start to finish

刺し通す さしとおす

  1. to pierce; to run through (e.g. with a sword); to stab

勝ち通す かちとおす

  1. to win straight victories

吹き通す ふきとおす

  1. to blow ceaselessly; to blow through
menu_book

Search for a word, a kanji or a sentence above.

Keyboard shortcut: press / to search.

What you can look up

A free dictionary built on open data (JMdict, KANJIDIC2, Tatoeba). Try a word like 食べる, a kanji like 水, or find a kanji by its parts in the radical search. New to kana, kanji or JLPT? Read the glossary, or see fudami and its data sources.