バイパスbaipasu
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- noun, suru verbbypass
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | バイパスする |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | バイパスします |
| Negative (nai) | バイパスしない |
| polite (masen) | バイパスしません |
| classical zu / nu | バイパスせず・バイパスせぬ |
| Past (ta) | バイパスした |
| polite (mashita) | バイパスしました |
| Past negative (nakatta) | バイパスしなかった |
| polite (masen deshita) | バイパスしませんでした |
| Te form | バイパスして |
| Potential | バイパスできる |
| Passive | バイパスされる |
| Causative | バイパスさせる |
| Causative passive | バイパスさせられる |
| Conditional (ba) | バイパスすれば |
| tara | バイパスしたら |
| Volitional | バイパスしよう |
| polite (mashou) | バイパスしましょう |
| Imperative | バイパスしろ |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related回り道まわりみちNeutralA longer way round, also figurative for roundabout approaches; it stresses the extra distance, while 「バイパス」 is a road built to avoid congestion or a medical bypass.
- Related迂路うろWrittenA written, formal word for a detour road, rarely used; in everyday speech say 「回り道」, and a purpose-built bypass road is 「バイパス」.
- Antonym直通ちょくつうNeutralGoing straight through with no transfer or relay en route; it concerns how things connect, and contrasts with 「バイパス」 only loosely as through versus around.
- Antonym本線ほんせんNeutralThe main line of a railway or similar; it opposes 「バイパス」 only as trunk route versus diversion, and a bypass may itself become the main line.
Use 「バイパス」 for a road built to skirt a congested urban area or for a surgical bypass as in 「バイパス手術」; for simply taking a longer way round, say 「回り道」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


