[とおる, tooru] (v5r, vi) (1) to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; (2) (of public transport) to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; (3) to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; (4) to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; (5) to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; (6) to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; (7) to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; (8) to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; (9) to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; (10) to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; (11) to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; (12) to be straight (e.g. wood grain); (13) (arch) to be well-informed; to be wise; (suf, v5r) (14) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly; (P) #5779
[かんつう, kantsuu] (n, vs, adj-no) pierce; penetrate; perforate; (P) #8853
[つらぬく, tsuranuku] (v5k, vt) (1) to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; (2) to persist; to stick to; (P) #17379
[みやぶる, miyaburu] (v5r, vt) to see through another's thoughts; to have a sharp eye; to penetrate; to fathom; (P)
[いとおす, itoosu] (v5s, vt) to pierce; to penetrate
[しみる, shimiru] (v1, vi) (1) to pierce; to penetrate; to soak in; to permeate; (2) (染みる, 沁みる only) to (enter a wound or sensitive area and) sting; (3) to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice); (P)
[しみわたる, shimiwataru] (v5r, vi) to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
[てっする, tessuru] (vs-s) to sink in; to penetrate; to devote oneself; to believe in; to go through; to do intently and exclusively; (P)
[つきとおす, tsukitoosu] (v5s, vt) to pierce; to penetrate
[つきとおる, tsukitooru] (v5r, vi) to penetrate
[つきやぶる, tsukiyaburu] (v5r, vt) to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
[つきぬく, tsukinuku] (v5k) to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
[はいりこむ(P);いりこむ(入り込む;入りこむ), hairikomu (P); irikomu ( hairikomu ; iri komu )] (v5m, vi) (1) to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to get in; to step in (a house); (2) to become complicated; (P)
[ばんこんさくせつ, bankonsakusetsu] (n) hard to penetrate event or situation
[かべをつらぬく, kabewotsuranuku] (exp, v5k) to penetrate the wall