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Japanese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowing from English pass.[1][2][3][4][5]
Noun
パス • (pasu)
- passage, passing, a passing grade (of an examination, etc.)
- a pass, a ticket, a document granting entry or permission
- (card games, games) a pass (ceding one's turn)
- (sports) a pass (transferring the ball to another player)
- (baseball) a pass, an intentional walk
- (sociology) passing
See also
Verb
パスする • (pasu suru) suru (stem パスし (pasu shi), past パスした (pasu shita))
- to pass (an exam etc.)
- Synonym: 受かる (ukaru)
- to pass (to go through, such as a turnstile or hallway)
- Synonyms: 通る (tooru), 通過する (tsūka suru)
- (card games, games) to pass (to cede one's turn)
- (sports) to pass (to transfer the ball to another player)
- (baseball) to pass, to intentionally walk (a batter)
- (sociology) to pass
- (informal) to decline
- Synonym: 断る (kotowaru)
- 私はパス。
- Watashi wa pasu.
- I'll pass.
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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パスし
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パスし
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pasu shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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パスし
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パスし
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pasu shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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パスする
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パスする
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pasu suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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パスする
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パスする
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pasu suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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パスすれ
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パスすれ
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pasu sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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パスせよ¹ パスしろ²
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パスせよ¹ パスしろ²
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pasu seyo¹ pasu shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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パスされる
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パスされる
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pasu sareru
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Causative
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パスさせる パスさす
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パスさせる パスさす
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pasu saseru pasu sasu
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Potential
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パスできる
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パスできる
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pasu dekiru
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Volitional
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パスしよう
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パスしよう
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pasu shiyō
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Negative
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パスしない
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パスしない
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pasu shinai
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Negative continuative
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パスせず
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パスせず
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pasu sezu
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Formal
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パスします
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パスします
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pasu shimasu
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Perfective
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パスした
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パスした
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pasu shita
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Conjunctive
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パスして
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パスして
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pasu shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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パスすれば
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パスすれば
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pasu sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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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)
- a pair of calipers
Etymology 3
Borrowing from English path.[4]
Noun
パス • (pasu)
- (computing) path (the location of a file or directory in a filesystem)
- ファイルのパスを確認
- fairu no pasu o kakunin
- to check the path of a file
- PATHを通す (pasu o tōsu, “to add a directory to the PATH environment variable”)
Etymology 4
Noun
パス • (pasu)
- Short for パスワード.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 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
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 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