通す

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "通す"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
通す と​おす [tóꜜòsù]
Imperative (命令形) 通せ と​おせ [tóꜜòsè]
Key constructions
Passive 通される とおされ​る [tòósáréꜜrù]
Causative 通させる とおさせ​る [tòósáséꜜrù]
Potential 通せる とおせ​る [tòóséꜜrù]
Volitional 通そう とおそ​ー [tòósóꜜò]
Negative 通さない とおさ​ない [tòósáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 通さなかった とおさ​なかった [tòósáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 通します とおしま​す [tòóshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 通した と​おした [tóꜜòshìtà]
Conjunctive 通して と​おして [tóꜜòshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 通せば と​おせば [tóꜜòsèbà]

Verb

通(とお)す • (tōsu) transitive godan (stem 通(とお)し (tōshi), past 通(とお)した (tōshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 通す
mediopassive 通る
  1. to let through, to let pass
  2. to pass through, to cause to move through
  3. to persist in until the end
    自分(じぶん)のやり方(かた)を通(とお)す
    jibun no yarikata o tōsu
    to persist in one's way of doing things
  4. to make something happen by force
    無理(むり)を通(とお)す
    muri o tōsu
    to do something unreasonable by force

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  1. 1960, Tetsuo Hirayama (平山輝男, editor), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”), (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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