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transparent
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Readings

On readingトウ
Kun readingす.く、す.かす、す.ける、とう.る、とう.す
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. transparentRtK
  2. penetrate
    日本からの輸入製品がアメリカの消費者市場に浸透するには長い時間がかかった。It took a long time for Japanese imports to penetrate the American consumer markets.tatoeba
  3. filter
  1. seeing through
  2. fluoroscopy
  3. roentgenoscopy
  4. clairvoyance
  5. seeing through (objects)

Popular Usage

透き通る

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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excel · wheat (禾) · cereal (禾) · fist · from · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 981

Compound words

透き通るすきとおる
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
浸透しんとう
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); spread; penetration (e.g. into a market); pervasion
透視とうし
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
透明とうめい
transparent; clear
透析とうせき
dialysis
不透明ふとうめい
opaque; obscure; murky; turbid; opacity
失透しっとう
devitrification
透きすき
gap
透過とうか
transmission (light)
透間すきま
gap
滲透しんとう
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.)
見透すみとおす
to see without obstruction
透き間すきま
gap
沁透るしみとおる
to soak through
透けるすける
見え透くみえすく
to be transparent
見透かすみすかす
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.)
人工透析じんこうとうせき
(artificial) dialysis
染み透るしみとおる
to soak through
透かし絵すかしえ
(artistic) transparency
沁み透るしみとおる
to soak through
浸透するしんとうする
to permeate
透かしっ屁すかしっぺ
silent fart
透菓子麺麭スカシカシパン
sand dollar (Astriclypeus mannii)

Additional Examples

透明度はどれくらいですか。
What's the visibility?tatoeba
追及されて、つい、見え透いた嘘をついてしまった。
I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie.tatoeba
掻き混ぜても琥珀色に透き通るのが特徴であるとされる。
The characteristic of hirezake is that the amber is clear even when it is stirred, they say.wiki

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