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通用 (つうよう): popular use, circulation — Japanese vocabulary

通用 is read つうよう and means "popular use, circulation". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

通用

Reading
つうよう · tsuuyou
Translation
popular use, circulation
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
つうようが

Example

彼は年の割に若く見えるので、大学生として通用します。

かれはねんのわりにわかくみえるので、だいがくせいとしてつうようします。

He looks so young for his age that he passes for a college student.

Kanji in this word

  • 通 — pass, commute
  • 用 — use, business

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