Illustration: Inside a crowded morning commuter train in Japan, an office worker stands holding a strap, with a worn briefcase between the feet and a compact lunch bag over one wrist. Other passengers carry similar everyday work bags, and office buildings pass beyond the windows.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

通つう勤きん

tsuukin

to commute to work

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは横浜よこはまから東京とうきょうへ電車でんしゃで通勤つうきんしている。

    He commutes from Yokohama to Tokyo by train.

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  2. 彼かれはバスで通勤つうきんしている。

    He commutes to his office by bus.

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  3. 自転車じてんしゃで通勤つうきんしています。

    I bike to work.

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Kanji in 通勤

  • 通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす
  • 勤diligence; become employedOnキン・ゴンKunつとめる・つとまる・いそしむ

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