通り|とおりtoori[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounstreet; road; avenue; thoroughfare
   この通とおりに沿そって行いけば駅えきに着つきます。↗

   If you follow this street, you will get to the station.
2. nountraffic; coming and going
   この横町よこちょうは人ひとの通とおりが多おおい。↗

   This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.
3. nounflow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running
   この煙突えんとつは通とおりが悪わるくなった。↗

   This chimney has begun to draw badly.
4. nountransmission (of sound); reach (of voice)
5. nounreputation; favor; favour; popularity
6. noununderstanding; comprehension; comprehensibility; clarity
7. nounthe same way (as); as (follows, stated, expected, etc.)
   人々ひとびとは必かならずしも表面ひょうめんに表あらわれた通とおりではない。↗

   People are not always what they seem.
8. countercounter for sets of things
9. countercounter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.
   それは２通とおりに解釈かいしゃくできる。↗

   That reads two different ways.

• Synonym道路どうろNeutralThe formal term for a road as a traffic facility, built for vehicles and pedestrians; 「通り」 mostly means city streets and also covers traffic and flow.
• Synonym街道かいどうNeutralA main road linking cities, especially the old highways of the Edo period, as in 「東海道」; carries a historical flavor.
• Synonym街路がいろWrittenA written word for streets in urban areas, as in 「街路樹」; mostly used in compounds.
• SynonymロードNeutralA loanword for road, used mostly in names like 「シルクロード」; also means loading data.
• Synonym道みちNeutralWhen read どう, it mostly works as a suffix or refers to the administrative region Hokkaido; rarely used alone to mean a road — that reading is 「みち」.
• Related道みちNeutralWhen read どう, it mostly works as a suffix or refers to the administrative region Hokkaido; rarely used alone to mean a road — that reading is 「みち」.
• Related経路けいろNeutralThe route or course one takes, as in 「感染経路」 and 「経路を検索する」; about the path, not the street itself.
• Related小道こみちNeutralA narrow path or lane, as in 「裏の小道」; 「通り」 is a street with people and vehicles coming and going, wide or narrow.
• Related小路こうじNeutralThe same word as 「小道」 above, also written 「小路」; a narrow path or lane.
• RelatedルートNeutralA loanword for a route or channel, as in 「最短ルート」 and 「販売ルート」; about the path taken, not the street itself.
• Related通路つうろNeutralA passage for people to pass through, as in 「通路側の席」; mostly inside buildings.
• Related通り道とおりみちNeutralThe road one passes through or goes by, as in 「駅への通り道」; the emphasis is on passing through.
• Related通い路かよいじWrittenA written word with a literary flavor for the road one travels regularly; in everyday speech say 「通り道」.
• Related路ちWrittenThe variant writing 路, read ち, works as a suffix for roads, as in 「家路」 and 「旅路」; literary in flavor and not used on its own.
• Related行路こうろWrittenA written word for traveling roads or for a journey, seen in 「人生行路」; little used in modern Japanese.
• Related行き道ゆきみちNeutralThe road you take when going somewhere, as in 「行き道と帰り道」; the focus is on the outbound trip.

City streets are 「通り」, as in 「表通り」. For roads in general say 「道」, for roads as formal traffic facilities 「道路」, for narrow lanes 「小道」, for indoor passages 「通路」, and for routes 「ルート」 or 「経路」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 「とおる（とほる）」の連用形れんようけい。
2. 「とおる」こと
3. 抜ぬけ通つうじること。
4. 人ひとや車くるまが行いったり来きたりすること、行き来いきき、往来おうらい。
5. 道路どうろ、往来おうらい、往還おうかん。
6. 声こえや音おとがよく伝つたわること。
7. 評判ひょうばんであること。
8. 同おなじ状態じょうたい・方法ほうほう・内容ないようであること。また、その状態じょうたい・方法ほうほう・内容ないようが正ただしいこと。
9. 理解りかい。飲み込のみこみ。
10. 組くみになっているものを数かぞえるときに用もちいる
11. 種類しゅるいを数かぞえるときに用もちいる