つう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
Suffix
1. authority; expert; connoisseur; well-informed person
Counter
2. counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.
Adjective (な)
Noun
3. understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; insight
Noun
4. supernatural powers; magical powers
Pitch accent
Top 8800
Used in vocabulary (126 in total)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
passbook; bankbook
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
notice; notification; report; posting
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
total; sum; aggregate
mysterious power
cotton carpet; jute rug
adultery
bowel movement; evacuation; understanding
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
commerce; trade
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction
commonality
making regular visits to a social welfare facility
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
correspondence; exchange of letters
superficial knowledge; smatterer
transportation
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
going to the hospital for regular treatment
common evil; common fault
opening of the whole (railway line)
commuting to school; school commute
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
secret understanding; collusion
vent; vent hole; air hole
commuting to nursery school or kindergarten
overview of history
resourcefulness; adaptability
communications laboratory
feeding paper through a device (printer, scanner, etc.)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
all-night vigil over a body; wake
two copies
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
well-informed person
popular; common
radio operator; telegraphist; telegraph operator; radio officer
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
suspension; interruption; stoppage; tie-up; cessation
having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source
common idea; common wisdom; generally accepted idea
interpreter (esp. of Dutch and Chinese during the Edo period); interpretation; court interpreter
ventilation; airflow
man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
all year; year round
ventilation; draft; airing
customs clearance
being connected at a fundamental level; having an unseen commonality; underlying (both)
interpreter (in the Edo period)
(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI
outline (of); introduction (to)
for connoisseurs; preferred by experts
bowel movement
interpreter
to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
clairvoyance
clairvoyance
general rule
common property or characteristic
flushing (with water or other liquid); passing water through (something)
general survey
Japan hand (someone very knowledgeable about Japan)
adultery; illicit intercourse
friendly relations
awareness of the minds of others (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
well-informed person; insider
school of popular writing
dramatic expert
traffic network extending in all directions
conveying the views of the subordinates to the rulers
day student; commuting student
common quality
one's common or popular name
gourmet; gastronome
hat worn by kindergarten or primary school pupils walking to school
distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage
piercing through; penetrating; perforating; persisting; sticking (e.g. to beliefs)
marriage; intermarriage
unimpeded bodily function (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)
common saying; slang; argot
necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one
explanation; commentary
common saying; slang; argot
sum; total
to pretend to know everything; to pretend to be an expert
consecutive number of (or total) volumes
irresistible to connoisseurs
whole financial year; full business year
to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
online communications; personal computer communications (esp. pre-Internet); pre-Internet online service
communications protocol
diachronic
ticket; pass; pass token
Minister of International Trade and Industry
playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)
sincerity can move heaven
taking special classes (for handicapped students)
commensuration; reduction to a common measure
Verse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
ventilation duct; air pipe
six supernormal powers
man versed in military affairs
Orientalist
message control system; MCS
conduction
faith will move mountains
diachronic linguistics
simultaneous interpretation
straight grain (wood)
generally-understood logic; clear logic; rationality; making sense
Tungchow Mutiny (1937); Tongzhou Incident
communication; connection; joining together
attending a cram school; commuting to a cram school
repeated reading makes the meaning clear; read a difficult book a hundred times
Examples (9 in total)
How many letters did you send to Tom?
Compare the style of those three letters.
He dictated several letters to his secretary.