経けい過か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

passage of time; elapsing; lapse

Refers to time going by, often with a focus on the duration or the fact that a certain period has passed. Common in phrases like 時間の経過 and 年月の経過.

• 時じ間かんの経けい過かとともに痛いたみは和やわらいだ。

  The pain eased as time passed.

• 事じ件けんから10年ねんの経けい過かを経へて、ようやく真しん相そうが明あきらかになった。

  After the passage of ten years since the incident, the truth finally came to light.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

progress; development; course of events

Describes how a situation, process, or condition unfolds over time. Often used in reports or discussions about the state of affairs, such as 経過報告 (progress report) or 手術後の経過 (postoperative course).

• 手しゅ術じゅつ後ごの経けい過かは順じゅん調ちょうです。

  The postoperative progress is going well.

• 会かい議ぎでは、プロジェクトの経けい過かを報ほう告こくした。

  At the meeting, I reported on the progress of the project.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

transit (astronomy)

Technical astronomical term for the passage of a celestial body across a specific point or line, such as a planet transiting the sun or a star crossing the meridian.

• 金きん星せいの太たい陽よう面めん経けい過かは非ひ常じょうに珍めずらしい現げん象しょうだ。

  The transit of Venus across the sun is a very rare phenomenon.