How to say "passing" in Japanese

• パスJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbCovers passing an examination, inspection, or similar check. It is a loanword with a light, conversational feel, common in speech about tests, screenings, and quality checks.
  彼かれが試験しけんにパスしたのは不思議ふしぎではない。↗

  It is no wonder that he passed the examination.
• 合格ごうかくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe standard noun for passing an exam or selection, or for success and a passing grade. Use it when you mean the result of meeting a requirement, as in exam results announcements.
  私の兄あには試験しけんに合格ごうかくできなかった。↗

  My brother failed to pass the examination.
• 通行つうこうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbRefers to the passage of people or vehicles, that is, passing through a place. Typical contexts include traffic rules, road closures, and signs restricting entry.
  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.
• 一過いっかCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbDescribes something going past, such as a typhoon passing. It suggests a transient, once-through event and is mostly found in written or formal descriptions of weather and similar phenomena.
  いやあ、見事みごとに晴はれ渡わたった秋あきの日ひになったね。これが台風たいふう一過いっかというやつかね。↗

  What a glorious fall day. This is what they mean by the lovely weather you get after a storm.
• 追い越しおいこしCommon
  nounMeans passing in the specific sense of overtaking, when one vehicle moves past another on the road. It appears in driving contexts such as lanes and rules; it is not a general word for passing.

Choose the word by sense: exams take 合格 or 「パス」, movement through a place is 通行, a typhoon going by is 一過, and overtaking another vehicle is 「追い越し」.

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• パスpassing (an examination, inspection, etc.)
• 合格ごうかくpassing (an exam)
• 通行つうこうpassage (of people or vehicles)
• 一過いっかpassing (e.g. of a typhoon)
• 追い越しおいこしpassing
• 及第きゅうだいpassing (an examination)
• 逝去せいきょdeath
• 通りがかりとおりがかりpassing (along the way)
• 行きずりゆきずりpassing
• 通り掛けとおりがけpassing (along the way)
• パスワークpassing (technique)
• 追い抜きおいぬきovertaking
• 一過性いっかせいtransient (symptom, phenomenon)
• 泡沫的ほうまつてきtransient
• 長逝ちょうせいdeath
• 通り一遍とおりいっぺんperfunctory
• オーバーテイクovertaking (in motorsports)
• かりそめtemporary
• 通過つうかpassing (an examination, inspection, etc.)
• 推移すいいpassing (of time)
• 突破とっぱexceeding
• 流れながれflow (of people, things)
• パッシングpassing