Translation guide
How to express the concept of 'transit' in Japanese, covering public transportation connections, passing through places, and related travel terms.
Referring to transit systems, transfers, or using public transport to get around.
General term for 'transportation' or 'transit system'. Often used in formal contexts like announcements or signs.
This city has a well-developed transit system.
Specifically means 'transfer' between lines or modes of transit. Very common in daily conversation.
You need to transfer at the next station.
Means 'public transit' or 'public transportation'. Used in discussions about urban planning or travel options.
Let's use public transit.
Loanword from English, used in specific contexts like airport transit areas or international shipping. Not commonly used in everyday speech.
Wait in the transit area.
Describing the act of traveling through a location without staying, or being in transit.
Means 'passing through' without stopping. Used for trains, vehicles, or people moving through a place.
This train passes through Shibuya without stopping.
Means 'via' or 'by way of'. Used in travel itineraries or routing.
When a celestial body passes across another, like a planet transiting the sun.
乗り換え (transfer) is for changing vehicles, while 通過 (passing through) is for moving through a place without stopping. Don't confuse them when talking about train travel.
Transfer at Shinjuku.
Pass through Shinjuku (without stopping).
The English word 'transit' is broad. In Japanese, you usually need to specify the context: 交通機関 for systems, 乗り換え for transfers, 通過 for passing through. Using トランジット is limited to specific technical or international contexts.
Verb meaning 'to pass by' or 'go past'. More casual than 通過.
The bus passed by in front of the house.
大阪経由で東京に行く。
Go to Tokyo via Osaka.
Detect the transit of an exoplanet.