通過 (tsuuka)
通過 (つうか, tsuuka) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つうか
- Romaji
- tsuuka
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing; getting through (a preliminary round); qualification · noun, suru verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 通過
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 通過する | つうかする tsuukasuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 通過します | つうかします tsuukashimasu |
| Negative | 通過しない | つうかしない tsuukashinai |
| Polite negative | 通過しません | つうかしません tsuukashimasen |
| Past | 通過した | つうかした tsuukashita |
| Polite past | 通過しました | つうかしました tsuukashimashita |
| Negative past | 通過しなかった | つうかしなかった tsuukashinakatta |
| Te-form | 通過して | つうかして tsuukashite |
| Potential | 通過できる | つうかできる tsuukadekiru |
| Passive | 通過される | つうかされる tsuukasareru |
| Causative | 通過させる | つうかさせる tsuukasaseru |
| Volitional | 通過しよう | つうかしよう tsuukashiyou |
| Imperative | 通過しろ | つうかしろ tsuukashiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 通過すれば | つうかすれば tsuukasureba |
Kanji in 通過
通
traffic, pass through, avenueツウ・ツ・とお.る・とお.り · 10 strokes過
overdo, exceed, go beyondカ・す.ぎる・す.ごす · 12 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 通過.
通るとおるto go by通うかようto go to and from (a place)交通こうつうtraffic通りとおりstreet普通ふつうnormal共通きょうつうcommon通貨つうかcurrency通学つうがくcommuting to school通勤つうきんcommuting to work通行つうこうpassage (of people or vehicles)通信つうしんcorrespondence通訳つうやくinterpretation (i.e. oral translation)通すとおすto let pass不通ふつうsuspension
Source: JMdict entry 1433070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.