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JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

通とおりかかる

toorikakaru

to happen to pass by

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはちょうど今いまここを通とおりかかったのです。

    I only happened to pass here just now.

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  2. 彼かれは通とおりかかった船ふねに助たすけられた。

    He was picked up by a passing ship.

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  3. 彼かれは通とおりかかったときに会釈えしゃくした。

    He nodded to me as he passed.

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Kanji in 通

  • 通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす

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