See also: ハズ and バス

Japanese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

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
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Verb edit

パスする (pasu surusuru (stem パス (pasusuru shi), past パスした (pasusuru 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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

パス (pasu

  1. a pair of calipers

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowing from English path.[4]

Noun edit

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
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Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

パス (pasu

  1. Short for パスワード.

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: 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