経過 (Keika) is a Japanese noun meaning “passage (of time), elapsing, lapse, progress”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbpassage (of time); elapsing; lapse
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbprogress; development; course (of events)
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbtransit
Examples
それ以来３年が経過した。
Three years have passed since then.
１時間経過すれば戻ってきます。
I'll be back in an hour.
彼が出発して３時間半が経過した。
Three and a half hours have passed since he left.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).