通じる

Japanese
Kanji in this term
通
つう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Shift from verb 通(つう)ずる (tsūzuru), by natural progression from サ行変格活用 (sagyō henkaku katsuyō, “s-irregular conjugation”) verbs ending in -uru to 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō, “upper monograde conjugation”) verbs ending in -iru.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つうじる [tsùújírú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝːʑiɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

通(つう)じる • (tsūjiru) transitive or intransitive ichidan (stem 通(つう)じ (tsūji), past 通(つう)じた (tsūjita))

  1. (intransitive) to run to, to lead to
    この道(みち)は広島(ひろしま)に通(つう)じている。
    Kono michi wa Hiroshima ni tsūjiteiru.
    This road leads to Hiroshima.
  2. (intransitive) to communicate, to reach
    携帯(けいたい)電(でん)話(わ)が通(つう)じなかった。
    Keitai denwa ga tsūjinakatta.
    I couldn't reach him/her on the mobile phone.
  3. (transitive) to understand
    言(こと)葉(ば)は通(つう)じても心(こころ)が通(つう)じないのはなぜ？
    Kotoba wa tsūjite mo kokoro ga tsūjinai no wa naze?
    Why can we understand each other linguistically but not understand each other's feelings?

Conjugation
Conjugation of "通じる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 通じ つうじ tsūji
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 通じ つうじ tsūji
Shūshikei ("terminal") 通じる つうじる tsūjiru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 通じる つうじる tsūjiru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 通じれ つうじれ tsūjire
Meireikei ("imperative") 通じよ¹
通じろ²		 つうじよ¹
つうじろ²		 tsūjiyo¹
tsūjiro²
Key constructions
Passive 通じられる つうじられる tsūjirareru
Causative 通じさせる
通じさす		 つうじさせる
つうじさす		 tsūjisaseru
tsūjisasu
Potential 通じられる
通じれる³		 つうじられる
つうじれる³		 tsūjirareru
tsūjireru³
Volitional 通じよう つうじよう tsūjiyō
Negative 通じない
通じぬ
通じん		 つうじない
つうじぬ
つうじん		 tsūjinai
tsūjinu
tsūjin
Negative continuative 通じず つうじず tsūjizu
Formal 通じます つうじます tsūjimasu
Perfective 通じた つうじた tsūjita
Conjunctive 通じて つうじて tsūjite
Hypothetical conditional 通じれば つうじれば tsūjireba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Derived terms
  • 慇懃(いんぎん)を通(つう)じる (ingin o tsūjiru)

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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