- tsuuka passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.), passing by (e.g. of a typhoon), transit; passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament), carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.), clearing, getting through (a preliminary round), qualification
Learners encounter 通過 in formal or technical contexts: trains passing stations, typhoons passing, bills passing, or exams/inspections being passed.
この電車は新宿を通過します。
Kono densha wa Shinjuku o tsūka shimasu.
This train passes through Shinjuku.
台風が沖縄を通過した。
Taifū ga Okinawa o tsūka shita.
The typhoon passed through Okinawa.
⚖️ Do not confuse with 通行 (tsūkō), which means traffic or passage of people/vehicles, not passing through a place or passing an exam.
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