通りかかる
とおりかかる
Also written 通り掛かる
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive, Intransitive to happen to pass by
Kanji
- 通 pass through. Read as とおり.
Example sentences
- 運よく汽船が通りかかって彼らは救助された。
As luck would have it, a steamer passed by and they were saved. - 彼は通りかかったときに会釈した。
He nodded to me as he passed. - 彼は通りかかった船に助けられた。
He was picked up by a passing ship. - 彼らは昨日彼女の家のそばを通りかかった。
They passed by her house yesterday. - 彼らは通りかかった船に救助された。
They were rescued by a passing ship.