How to say "passage" in Japanese

• 経過けいかJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers the temporal sense only: the passage, elapsing, or lapse of time. Typical when speaking of how much time has passed or of change over time.
  それ以来いらい３年ねんが経過けいかした。↗

  Three years have passed since then.
• 通路つうろJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounA physical passage or pathway, such as a corridor or roadway, that people or vehicles move along. It names the passage as a place rather than the act of passing through.
  これが海うみへの通路つうろだ。↗

  This is the passage to the sea.
• 通行つうこうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe passage of people or vehicles: passing through or along a place, or traffic itself. It denotes the movement or flow rather than the passage as a physical thing.
  ここは大型車おおがたしゃの通行つうこうは禁止きんしされている。↗

  There is no passage for big vehicles here.
• 通り道とおりみちCommon
  nounA passage, path, or route; often the way one goes through, one's way. Suits talk of how or by which route one gets from one place to another.
  警官けいかんが通り道とおりみちを空あけて車くるまを通とおした。↗

  Policemen cleared the way to let cars pass.
• 句くJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)A passage of text: a section, sentence, or paragraph of writing. The word to use when 'passage' means an extract or portion of text rather than time, movement, or a physical way through.
  彼かれはその句くの文字もじどおりの意味いみを説明せつめいした。↗

  He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.

Use 経過 for the passage of time, 通路 or 「通り道」 for a physical passage or route, 通行 for the passage of people or vehicles and traffic, and 句 for a passage of text.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 経過けいかpassage (of time)
• 通路つうろpassage
• 通行つうこうpassage (of people or vehicles)
• 通り道とおりみちpassage
• 句くsection (i.e. of text)
• 可決かけつapproval
• 渡航とこうvoyage
• 渡りわたりcrossing
• 道みちroad
• 箇所かしょplace
• 文章ぶんしょうwriting
• 航海こうかい(sea) voyage
• くだりpassage
• くさりpassage
• パッセージpassage
• 船賃ふなちんpassage
• パサージュpassage
• 楽節がくせつpassage
• お通りおとおりpassage
• 廊ろうcorridor
• 流路りゅうろchannel
• 章句しょうくchapter and verse
• 通りとおりflow (of water, air, etc.)
• 流れながれflow (of people, things)
• 通過つうかpassage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament)
• 節せつsection (of a literary work or piece of music)
• 齣せきparagraph (esp. of an Edo-period novel)
• ところpassage (in text)
• 段だんparagraph