| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n baton passing | バトン・パス |
| gen. | n baton passing | バトンパス |
| gen. | adv vs on-mim cool sensation from passing air | すーすー |
| gen. | adv vs on-mim cool sensation from passing air | スースー |
| gen. | exp yoji days and nights passing by quickly | 烏兎匆匆 |
| gen. | exp yoji days and nights passing by quickly | 烏兎匆々 |
| gen. | n education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking | 偏差値教育 |
| gen. | n extinguishing illusion and passing over to Nirvana | 滅度 |
| gen. | give more than a passing thought to | 思いをはせる |
| gen. | give more than a passing thought to | 思いを馳せる |
| gen. | exp uk I'm passing on a message | との事 |
| gen. | conj uk in passing | 因みに |
| gen. | n-adv n-t in passing another | 出会頭 io (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t in passing another | 出合頭 io (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t in passing another | 出会い頭 (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person) |
| gen. | n-adv n-t in passing another | 出合い頭 news2 nf38 (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person) |
| gen. | n lamenting the passing of spring | 惜春 |
| tech. | minimum non-passing sight distance | 安全停止視距 (あんぜんていししきょ) |
| tech. | minimum non-passing sight distance | 最小停止視距 (さいしょうていししきょ) |
| tech. | minimum passing sight distance | 安全追越視距 (あんぜんおいこししきょ) |
| tech. | n on-passing sight distance | 停止視距 (ていししきょ) |
| tech. | no-passing line | 追越禁止線 (おいこしきんしせん) |
| tech. | no passing sign | 追越禁止標識 (おいこしきんしひょうしき) |
| tech. | no-passing zone | 追越禁止区間 (おいこしきんしくかん) |
| gen. | no passing zone | 追越禁止区間 (おいこしきんしくかん) |
| gen. | n a passing acquaintance | 一面識 |
| gen. | n vs adj-no passing an examination | 及第 news2 nf36 |
| gen. | n vs passing away | 瞑目 |
| gen. | n hon passing away | お崩れ ik |
| gen. | n hon passing away | 御隠れ |
| gen. | n hon passing away | お隠れ |
| gen. | passing away | 閉眼 |
| gen. | n passing away | 辞世 news2 nf43 |
| gen. | n passing away | 隠れ |
| gen. | n vs passing away | 一過 news1 nf19 |
| gen. | n vs yoji passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha | 念仏往生 |
| gen. | n vs passing by | 素通り news2 nf30 |
| obs. | n passing by flying | 飛過 |
| gen. | n passing each other | 入違い |
| gen. | n passing each other | 入り違い |
| gen. | n passing each other | 入れ違い |
| gen. | n passing each other | 擦れ違い |
| gen. | n passing each other | すれ違い |
| gen. | n passing fancy | 出来心 |
| gen. | n adj-no yoji passing from father to son | 先祖代々 |
| gen. | n adj-no yoji passing from father to son | 先祖代代 |
| gen. | n passing mark | 合格点 |
| gen. | n passing mark | 及第点 |
| comp., MS | passing mechanism | 引渡し方法 (The mechanism of passing arguments to procedures) |
| gen. | exp v5t passing of days and months | 月日が経つ |
| gen. | exp v5t passing of days and months | 月日がたつ |
| gen. | exp v5t passing of days and months | 月日のたつ |
| gen. | exp v5t passing of days and months | 月日の経つ |
| gen. | n passing of time | 経時 |
| gen. | n passing of years | 経年 |
| gen. | n vs passing on | 回付 news2 nf42 |
| gen. | n vs passing on by word of mouth | 口承 |
| gen. | n passing on the baton | 引継ぎ ichi1 |
| gen. | n passing on the baton | 引継 |
| gen. | n passing on the baton | 引き継ぎ ichi1 news1 nf22 |
| gen. | n vs passing one by | 素無視 (without noticing) |
| gen. | n passing oneself off as | 触れ込み news2 nf33 |
| tech. | passing place | 待避所 (たいひじょ) |
| gen. | n passing-place | 待避所 (たいひじょ) |
| tech. | passing prohibition | 追越禁止 (おいこしきんし) |
| gen. | n yoji passing prosperity | 槿花一朝 |
| gen. | n yoji passing prosperity | 槿花一日 |
| law | n passing remark in a judgement | 余論 |
| gen. | n passing shot | パッシング・ショット |
| gen. | n passing shot | パッシングショット |
| gen. | n passing shower | 叢雨 |
| gen. | n passing shower | 群雨 |
| gen. | n passing shower | 雨脚 news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n passing shower | 雨足 (あめあし) |
| gen. | n passing shower | 村雨 ateji |
| tech. | passing sight distance | 追越視距 (おいこししきょ) |
| tech. | passing signal | 通過信号機 (tsūka-shingōki) |
| gen. | passing something from chopstick to chopstick | 相挟み |
| gen. | n passing successfully | 無事通過 (inspection, examination, etc.) |
| gen. | n passing the bottle around | 飲み回し |
| gen. | n vs passing the buck | 転嫁 ichi1 news2 nf25 |
| gen. | exp passing the center line | パッシングザセンターライン |
| gen. | n passing the civil service examination | 登科 |
| gen. | n passing the deadline | 時間切れ news1 nf20 |
| gen. | n vs passing the examination | 登第 |
| gen. | n passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript | 甲種合格 (in the former Japanese military) |
| gen. | passing the post | 入線 (horseracing) |
| gen. | n passing the winter | 冬越し (ふゆこし) |
| gen. | n vs passing the winter | 越冬 news1 nf22 (えっとう) |
| inf. | passing through | スルー gai1 |
| gen. | n passing through | 通り抜け |
| gen. | n passing through a window | 窓ごし usu. as 窓越しに |
| gen. | n passing through a window | 窓越し news2 nf34 |
| gen. | n passing through with no problems | 無事通過 |
| gen. | n vs passing through without stopping | 素通り news2 nf30 |
| gen. | n vs passing one's time | 消光 (しょうこう) |
| gen. | n vs passing to the next life | 往生 ichi1 news2 nf42 |
| gen. | n passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school | 現役合格 (instead of failing then taking gap year(s)) |
| gen. | adj-na n uk passing within inches | 擦れ擦れ ichi1 |
| gen. | exp vs passing e.g. in football without looking | ノー・ルック・パス |
| gen. | exp vs passing e.g. in football without looking | ノールックパス |
| gen. | n uk sens passing a ball without looking | 盲パス |
| tech. | percentage of passing weight | 通過重量百分率 (つうかじゅうりょうひゃくぶんりつ) |
| gen. | n preventing a ship from passing or from leaving port | 船留め |
| gen. | record the passing moments | 刻む ichi1 news1 nf14 |
| gen. | restoration, refund, rebate, passing on | 還元 (of savings, kangen) |
| tech. | restricted passing sight distance | 制約追越視距 (せいやくおいこししきょ) |
| gen. | exp road passing through the town | 町を貫く路 |
| tech. | safe passing sight distance | 安全追越視距 (あんぜんおいこししきょ) |
| gen. | n sending or passing along | 順送り news2 nf32 |
| gen. | n someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public | 呼込み |
| gen. | n someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public | 呼び込み news2 nf40 |
| obs. | n taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road | 辻捕り |
| obs. | n taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road | 辻捕 io |
| obs. | n taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road | 辻取 io |
| obs. | n taking a wife by kidnapping a woman passing by on the road | 辻取り |
| gen. | n taking the entrance examination for a school without regard for one's chances of passing | 記念受験 |
| gen. | n the passing of time | 歴日 |
| gen. | n the passing year | 行く年 |
| comp. | n token passing procedure | トークンパッシング手順 |
| comp. | n token passing protocol | トークン・パッシング・プロトコル |
| comp. | n token passing protocol | トークンパッシング手順 |
| comp. | n token passing protocol | トークンパッシングプロトコル |
| gen. | transport by passing from hand-to-hand | 手繰り |
| gen. | adv with each passing day | 逐日 |
| gen. | n adv yoji with each passing moment | 一刻一刻 |
| gen. | adv yoji with each passing moment | 時時刻刻 |
| gen. | adv yoji with each passing moment | 時々刻々 news2 nf42 |