How to say "transit" in Japanese

• 通過つうかJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers transit as the act of passing through or past a place — a train going through a station without stopping, or a typhoon passing by an area.
  通過つうかする車くるまに気きをつけなさい。↗

  Watch out for passing cars.
• 輸送ゆそうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers transit in the sense of transport: the movement or carriage of people or goods from one place to another.
  私の手荷物てにもつは輸送ゆそう中ちゅうに紛失ふんしつした。↗

  My baggage was lost in transit.
• 渡りわたりCommon
  nounMeans a crossing or passage from one side to the other; as a translation of 'transit' it is marginal — reach for it only when 'transit' essentially means a crossing.
• トランジットCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword, a direct borrowing of 'transit'; use it where the English term itself is kept as-is, and prefer the native words for everyday senses.

Choose 通過 for transit as passing through or by a place, 輸送 for transit as transporting people or goods, 「渡り」 for a crossing, and 「トランジット」 where the English loanword itself is used.

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• 通過つうかpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.)
• 輸送ゆそうtransport
• 渡りわたりcrossing
• トランジットtransit
• 乗り継ぎのりつぎtransit (passenger)
• 途中待機とちゅうたいき(short) layover
• 経過けいかtransit