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透とおす

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Inflections of 透す
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とおす
Meaning
    1. ①
      to let pass; to allow through; to let through; to make way (for)
      彼かれはおばあさんに道みちを譲ゆずり、通とおしてあげた。
      He gave way to the old lady and let her pass.
    2. ②
      to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to let permeate (e.g. water through a fabric); to permit through; to let through (e.g. air); to run through (e.g. a pipe); to penetrate; to let in
      銅どうはよく電気でんきを通とおす。
      Copper conducts electricity well.
    3. ③
      to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to thread (e.g. a needle); to put through
      針はりに糸いとを通とおすことができないので縫ぬい物ものは好すきではありません。
      I don't like sewing because I can't thread the needle.
    4. ④
      to connect (e.g. two places); to open (a route, path, etc.); to link (e.g. by a road); to establish (a connection between); to join; to extend up to (somewhere)
      山やまを通とおしてトンネルを通とおした。
      They drove a tunnel through the hill.
    5. ⑤
      to pass (a student, applicant, etc.); to admit (e.g. a student); to let through; to let in
    6. ⑥
      to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; to guide in; to admit (someone)
      彼かれはその訪問者ほうもんしゃを居間いまに通とおした。
      He let the visitor into the living room.
    7. ⑦
      to present logically; to make (e.g. one's argument) convincing; to be consistent (in one's reasoning); to stick to (e.g. one's principles)
      See also: 筋を通す (すじをとおす)
      彼かれは主義しゅぎを通とおして譲ゆずらなかった。
      He stuck to his principle.
    8. ⑧
      to go through (e.g. a middleman); to put as an intermediary; to mediate via (somebody); to do via (something)
      as 通して...する
      今日きょうでは、ラジオやテレビを通とおして、大量たいりょう広告こうこくが何百なんびゃく万まんもの人々ひとびとに同時どうじにメッセージを届とどけている。
      Today, through radio and television, mass advertising can reach millions of people at a time with its messages.
    9. ⑨
      to pass (a law); to put through (e.g. a motion); to make way (for)
      参議院さんぎいんはどんな改正案かいせいあんも通とおさなくても構かまわないようです。
      The Upper House seems bent on defeating any reform bills.
    10. ⑩
      to listen through (a door, wall, etc.); to look through (e.g. a window)
      also written 透す
    11. ⑪
      food, cooking
      to heat thorougly (of food); to cook properly; to warm well; to heat evenly
      as 火（熱）を～
    12. ⑫
      food, cooking
      to dip into (e.g. a sauce); to pass through (e.g. a broth); to put through (e.g. boiling water)
    13. ⑬
      to make (someone) approve (e.g. a plan); to force agreement; to push through (a proposal, idea, will, etc.); to have one's way
      彼かれはやりたいことを通とおす人ひとだ。
      He is a man who will do what he wants.
    14. ⑭
      to continue (in a state); to persist in (doing); to keep doing; to remain (in a state)
      also as で～
      彼かれは一生いっしょう独身どくしんで通とおした。
      He remained single all his life.
    15. ⑮
      to do through the lens of; to view from the angle of; to do from the perspective of
      usu. as 通して...する
    16. ⑯
      to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole
      See also: 目を通す (めをとおす)
    17. ⑰
      to do from beginning to end without a break; to finish in one session; to do all at once; to do in one go
      as 通して...する
    18. ⑱
      to relay (a message, an order, etc.); to convey (an intention, meaning, etc.); to send through; to pass on (e.g. information); to make heard (e.g. one's voice)
      騒音そうおんがひどかったのでベイリー教授きょうじゅは自分じぶんの声こえを通とおすことができなかった。
      There was so much noise that Professor Bayley couldn't make himself heard.
    19. ⑲
      to do ... to the end; to do ... continuously; to carry through ...; to complete ...
      after the -masu stem of a verb
      See also: 遣り通す (やりとおす)
      彼かれの勇気ゆうきをもってすれば、この困難こんなんな仕事しごとをやり通とおせるだろう。
      His courage will carry him through this difficult job.
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透 トウ transparent, permeate, filter
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