通す

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
とお
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

  • 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 おす [tóꜜòsù]
Imperative (命令形) 通せ おせ [tóꜜòsè]
Key constructions
Passive 通される おされ [tòósáréꜜrù]
Causative 通させる おさせ [tòósáséꜜrù]
Potential 通せる おせ [tòóséꜜrù]
Volitional 通そう おそ [tòósóꜜò]
Negative 通さない おさない [tòósáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 通さなかった おさなかった [tòósáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 通します おしま [tòóshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 通した おした [tóꜜòshìtà]
Conjunctive 通して おして [tóꜜòshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 通せば おせば [tóꜜòsèbà]

Verb[edit]

(とお) (tōsutransitive godan (stem (とお) (tōshi), past (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(かた)(とお)
    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)(とお)
    muri o tōsu
    to do something unreasonable by force

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN