とお
tōri

Noun

1. street; road; avenue; thoroughfare

この とうりに沿 って けば えき きます。
kono tōrini sotte ikeba ekini tsukimasu.
If you follow this street, you will get to the station.
Noun

2. traffic; coming and going

この横町 よこちょう ひと とうりが おうい。
kono yokochōwa hitono tōriga ōi.
This cross street is busy with pedestrian traffic.
Noun

3. flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running

この煙突 えんとつ とうりが わるくなった。
kono entotsuwa tōriga warukunatta.
This chimney has begun to draw badly.
Noun

4. transmission (of sound); reach (of voice)

Noun

5. reputation; favor; favour; popularity

Noun

6. understanding; comprehension; comprehensibility; clarity

Noun

7. the same way (as); as (follows, stated, expected, etc.)

人々 ひとびと かならずしも表面 ひょうめん あらわれた とうりではない。
hitobitowa kanarazushimo hyōmenni arawareta tōridewanai.
People are not always what they seem.
Counter

8. counter for sets of things

Counter

9. counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.

それは とうりに解釈 かいしゃくできる。
sorewa futatōrini kaishaku deki. ru
That reads two different ways.