[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
[みたらしだんご, mitarashidango] (n) skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze
[ひっぱりだこ, hipparidako] (n) (1) being very popular; being in great demand; (2) octopus dried on skewers
[うまき, umaki] (n) skewered eel roasted and wrapped in fried egg
[ぎょでん, gyoden] (n) (See 田楽焼き) skewered fish, coated with miso and cooked
[かなぐし, kanagushi] (n) metal spit or skewer
[くし, kushi] (n) spit; skewer
[くしカツ, kushi katsu] (n) (uk) fried pork and negi on skewers
[くしがき, kushigaki] (n) dried persimmons on a skewer
[くしざし, kushizashi] (n) skewer
[くしやき, kushiyaki] (n, adj-no) grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
[くしあげ, kushiage] (n) (uk) fried vegetables and meat on skewer
[さしばし, sashibashi] (n) skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)
[やきぐし, yakigushi] (n) a skewer or spit
[やきとり, yakitori] (n) yakitori (chicken pieces grilled on a skewer); (P)
[たけぐし, takegushi] (n) bamboo skewer
[でんがくざし, dengakuzashi] (n) skewering
[でんがくやき, dengakuyaki] (n) skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked
[でんがくどうふ, dengakudoufu] (n) skewered pieces of tofu baked and coated with miso
[いかだ, ikada] (n) (1) (uk) raft; (2) forearm protector; (3) (See 蒲焼き) skewered baby-eel kabayaki
[めざし, mezashi] (n) dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
[ちゅう, chuu] (n) (arch) wooden skewer used for counting