To Pass Through
To Pass By, To Travel Along
intransitive verb, godan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means pass through so the verb vocab version means things like to pass through, to pass by, and to travel along.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you:
As you try to pass through a narrow space, you stub your toe on something and scream "TOE! OH (とお)!" In your haste to to pass by, you didn't properly check your surroundings, and you slammed your poor toe into something really hard. It hurts like heck, and you spend the rest of your day limping around, whimpering, "toe… oh…"
たくさんの車が通る。
Many cars pass by.
竹の林を通って、会社に行きます。
I pass through a bamboo forest on my way to work.
三丁目のコンビニの前は、毎日通りますよ。
I pass by the convenience store in 3-chome every day.