passing

通り過ぎる

人や場所のそばを通り過ぎている。

やさしい英語で： Someone or something is moving past a person or place.

• We watched the passing cars.
• A passing stranger helped us.
• The noise of passing trains kept her awake.

よく使う表現： passing cars, passing stranger, passing train

何気ない、軽い

発言や関心が軽く短く、深く注意を向けていない。

やさしい英語で： A comment or interest is brief or slight, with little attention or detail.

• He made a passing comment about the weather.
• The book contains a passing reference to her work.
• I have only a passing interest in politics.

類義語： brief, casual, slight

反対語： detailed, thorough

よく使う表現： passing comment, passing reference, passing interest

一時的な、つかの間の

短い間だけ続き、すぐに消える。

やさしい英語で： Something lasts only a short time and soon disappears.

• It was just a passing feeling.
• Her interest in sailing proved a passing fancy.
• The sadness was a passing phase.

類義語： temporary, brief, fleeting

反対語： lasting, permanent

よく使う表現： passing phase, passing feeling, passing fancy

自認する性別に見える

他人から、自分が認識する性別に合っていると見られる。

やさしい英語で： Someone is seen by others as having the identity they present, such as a particular gender.

• He is a passing trans man.
• A passing trans woman described her experiences at work.
• Being a passing transgender person can affect how strangers treat you.

よく使う表現： passing trans man, passing trans woman

逝去、終わり

人が亡くなることや、以前存在していたものが終わること。

やさしい英語で： Someone’s death, or the ending of something that once existed.

• We mourned her passing.
• His peaceful passing brought the family some comfort.
• The museum marks the passing of an industrial era.

使い方： the passing of someone/something (They mourned the passing of their oldest friend.)

類義語： death, end

反対語： birth

よく使う表現： someone’s passing, peaceful passing, passing of something

経過、通過

物がある場所を通り過ぎることや、時間が流れて変化すること。

やさしい英語で： The movement of something past a place, or a change as time moves forward.

• We watched the passing of the boats.
• The passing of years changed their friendship.
• The festival marks the passing from winter to spring.

使い方： the passing of something (The passing of time helped her recover.); passing from A to B (The ceremony marks the passing from childhood to adulthood.)

類義語： passage, transition

よく使う表現： passing of time, passing of years, passing of trains

可決、成立

提案された法律や同様の措置を正式に認めること。

やさしい英語で： The act of officially approving a proposed law or similar measure.

• The passing of the bill took months.
• She welcomed the passing of the new law.
• Several members opposed the passing of this measure.

使い方： the passing of something (The passing of the law changed workers’ rights.)

類義語： passage, approval, enactment

反対語： rejection

よく使う表現： passing a bill, passing of legislation, passing a law

パッシング

複数の人が互いに物を投げ渡すジャグリング。

やさしい英語で： A kind of juggling in which people throw objects to each other.

• We practiced passing with six clubs.
• Their passing routine involved four jugglers.
• Can you teach me club passing?

よく使う表現： club passing, practice passing, passing pattern