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通り掛かる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
通り掛かる
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Reading : とおりかかる   
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to happen to pass by
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 85,755 which gives a rank of 8,897
通り掛かる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 190,000 (about 341,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2228 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
わたし
とお
かり
ひと
どの
みち
いったらいい
たず
ねた

I enquired of a passer-by which road to take.
するとたまたま
しょうじょ
少女
ばあちゃん
とお
りかかる

Along comes the grandmother and sees her granddaughter.
くるま
とお
りかかった
ときに
ゆうめい
有名
じょゆう
女優
いえ
チラッ
ました

When I passed by in car, I caught a glimpse of the house of a famous actress.
通りかかる
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Reading : とおりかかる   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 120,000 (about 1,080,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
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とおりかかる
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 251,000 (about 8,470 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
move
hanging   かかる to be hanging, to cost, to take   かける to hang up, to spend, to multiply   -がかり person in charge   
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hand
divining rod
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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