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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.