経たつ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

経つ · godan verb (-tsu)

Meanings

godan verb (-tsu), intransitive verb

Intransitive verb used for time passing. Often used with time expressions like 時間, 年月, 日, 年, etc. The subject is the time that passes.

〈時じ間かん〉も経たたないうちに〈事こと〉before even [amount of time] had passed, [something happened]
彼かれが出でて行いって三さん分ぷんも経たたないうちに電でん話わが鳴なった。
The phone rang before even three minutes had passed since he left.
〈時じ間かん〉が経たてば経たつほどthe more time that passes, the more...
時じ間かんが経たてば経たつほど、傷きずは薄うすくなっていく。
The more time passes, the fainter the scar gets.
まだ〈時じ間かん〉しか経たっていないonly [amount of time] has passed so far
引ひっ越こしてまだ一いっ週しゅう間かんしか経たっていない。
It's only been a week since I moved.

過すぎるN4
過ぎる is a general verb for anything passing (time, a place, a limit), while 経つ is used only for the passage of time.
経けい過かN2
経過 is a formal noun (often used with する) for the passage or progress of time, while 経つ is the plain everyday verb.
流ながれるN4
流れる can poetically describe time flowing by, while 経つ is the neutral, ordinary word for time passing.
移うつるN4
経つ is the common word for time passing, while 移る in this sense is more literary and often used for eras or seasons.
去さるN3
経つ is the plain, everyday verb for time elapsing, while 去る used this way is more written and reflective.

立たつN5
立つ (to stand) is a homophone of 経つ (for time to pass) written with a different kanji and meaning something entirely unrelated.
建たつN3
建つ (for a building to be built/erected) shares the same reading as 経つ (time passing) but refers to construction, not time.

経たつUsage35%
Standard kanji spelling for the passage of time.
たつUsage65%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the time nuance is clear from context.

The kanji 経 means 'to pass' or 'to elapse', and the verb 経つ is a native Japanese word with the same meaning. The reading たつ is a kun'yomi reading.