パス

See also: ハズ and バス

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English pass.[1][2][3][4][5]

Noun

パス • (pasu

  1. passage, passing, a passing grade (of an examination, etc.)
  2. a pass, a ticket, a document granting entry or permission
  3. (card games, games) a pass (ceding one's turn)
  4. (sports) a pass (transferring the ball to another player)
  5. (baseball) a pass, an intentional walk
  6. (sociology) passing
See also

Verb

パスする • (pasu surusuru (stem パス (pasu shi), past パスした (pasu shita))

  1. to pass (an exam etc.)
    Synonym: 受かる (ukaru)
  2. to pass (to go through, such as a turnstile or hallway)
    Synonyms: 通る (tooru), 通過する (tsūka suru)
  3. (card games, games) to pass (to cede one's turn)
  4. (sports) to pass (to transfer the ball to another player)
  5. (baseball) to pass, to intentionally walk (a batter)
  6. (sociology) to pass
  7. (informal) to decline
    Synonym: 断る (kotowaru)
    (わたし)パス
    Watashi wa pasu.
    I'll pass.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "パスする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") パスし パスし pasu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") パスし パスし pasu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") パスする パスする pasu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") パスする パスする pasu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") パスすれ パスすれ pasu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") パスせよ¹
パスしろ²
パスせよ¹
パスしろ²
pasu seyo¹
pasu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive パスされる パスされる pasu sareru
Causative パスさせる
パスさす
パスさせる
パスさす
pasu saseru
pasu sasu
Potential パスできる パスできる pasu dekiru
Volitional パスしよう パスしよう pasu shiyō
Negative パスしない パスしない pasu shinai
Negative continuative パスせず パスせず pasu sezu
Formal パスします パスします pasu shimasu
Perfective パスした パスした pasu shita
Conjunctive パスして パスして pasu shite
Hypothetical conditional パスすれば パスすれば pasu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Etymology 2

Clipping of カリパス (karipasu) or キャリパス (kyaripasu), ultimately a borrowing from English calipers.[1][4][5]

Noun

パス • (pasu

  1. a pair of calipers

Etymology 3

Borrowing from English path.[4]

Noun

パス • (pasu

  1. (computing) path (the location of a file or directory in a filesystem)
    ファイルパス(かく)(にん)
    fairu no pasu o kakunin
    to check the path of a file
  • PATH(パス)(とお) (pasu o tōsu, to add a directory to the PATH environment variable)

Etymology 4

Noun

パス • (pasu

  1. short for パスワード

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN