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JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

経けい過か

keika

to elapse

Example sentences

それ以来いらい３年ねんが経過けいかした。
Three years have passed since then.
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彼かれが出発しゅっぱつして３時間半じかんはんが経過けいかした。
Three and a half hours have passed since he left.
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友人ゆうじんが亡なくなってから丁度ちょうど１年ねんが経過けいかした。
Just one year has gone by since my friend died.
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Kanji in 経過

経sutra; longitudeOnケイ・キョウ・キンKunへる・たつ・たていと
過overdo; exceedOnカKunすぎる・すごす・あやまち

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