Translation guide
Describes the act of moving past a place, person, or thing, often without stopping. Includes physical movement, temporal passing, and metaphorical uses.
To go past something or someone while in motion, typically without stopping.
The most common and neutral way to say 'pass by' for people, vehicles, or moving objects. Implies moving past a point and continuing on.
He passed by in front of me without saying a word.
The bus passed by the stop.
To happen to pass by, often by chance. Emphasizes the incidental nature of passing a place.
A person who was passing by helped me.
To pass by without stopping or paying attention, often implying ignoring something or someone.
He passed right by my house without stopping.
Formal or technical term for passing through or by a place, often used for trains, exams, or official processes.
The train passed through the station without stopping.
To describe time going by, often quickly or unnoticed.
To ignore or not interact with someone or something, often deliberately.
To stop by a place briefly while on the way somewhere else.
To drive or ride past a place or person.
通り過ぎる is a general term for passing by, while 通りかかる implies happening to pass by at that moment, often by chance. Use 通りかかる when the passing is incidental to the situation.
I happened to be passing by, so I dropped in.
パスする means 'to pass' in the sense of handing something over, skipping a turn, or passing a test. It does not mean physically passing by a place.
The years pass by quickly.
I passed by the person in trouble, pretending not to see.
I'll just pop by the convenience store.