# パス
## Japanese
### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) パス [páꜜsù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [pa̠sɨ]

### Etymology 1

Borrowing from English pass.

#### Noun

パス • (pasu)
* passage, passing, a passing grade (of an examination, etc.)
* a pass, a ticket, a document granting entry or permission
* (card games, games) a pass (ceding one's turn)
* (sports) a pass (transferring the ball to another player)
* (baseball) a pass, an intentional walk
* (sociology) passing

##### See also

* (sociology: passing): 埋(まい)没(ぼつ) (maibotsu)

#### Verb

パスする • (pasu suru) suru (stem パスし (pasu shi), past パスした (pasu shita))
* to pass (an exam etc.)
    Synonym: 受かる (ukaru)
* to pass (to go through, such as a turnstile or hallway)
    Synonyms: 通る (tooru), 通過する (tsūka suru)
* (card games, games) to pass (to cede one's turn)
* (sports) to pass (to transfer the ball to another player)
* (baseball) to pass, to intentionally walk (a batter)
* (sociology) to pass
* (informal) to decline
    Synonym: 断る (kotowaru)
    私(わたし)はパス。
       Watashi wa pasu.
       I'll pass.

##### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | パスし | パスし | pasu shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | パスし | パスし | pasu shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | パスする | パスする | pasu suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | パスする | パスする | pasu suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | パスすれ | パスすれ | pasu sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | パスせよ¹ パスしろ² | パスせよ¹ パスしろ² | pasu seyo¹ pasu shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | パスされる | パスされる | pasu sareru |
| Causative | パスさせる パスさす | パスさせる パスさす | pasu saseru pasu sasu |
| Potential | パスできる | パスできる | pasu dekiru |
| Volitional | パスしよう | パスしよう | pasu shiyō |
| Negative | パスしない | パスしない | pasu shinai |
| Negative continuative | パスせず | パスせず | pasu sezu |
| Formal | パスします | パスします | pasu shimasu |
| Perfective | パスした | パスした | pasu shita |
| Conjunctive | パスして | パスして | pasu shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | パスすれば | パスすれば | pasu sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### Etymology 2

Clipping of カリパス (karipasu) or キャリパス (kyaripasu), ultimately a borrowing from English calipers.

#### Noun

パス • (pasu)
* a pair of calipers

### Etymology 3

Borrowing from English path.

#### Noun

パス • (pasu)
* (computing) path (the location of a file or directory in a filesystem)
    ファイルのパスを確(かく)認(にん)
       fairu no pasu o kakunin
       to check the path of a file

##### Related terms

* PATH(パス)を通(とお)す (pasu o tōsu, “to add a directory to the PATH environment variable”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

パス • (pasu)
* Short for パスワード.

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN