経つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
經つ (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「経つ
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
経つ
Imperative (命令形) 経て
Key constructions
Passive 経たれる たれ
Causative 経たせる たせ
Potential - - -
Volitional 経とう
Negative 経たない ない
Negative perfective 経たなかった なかった
Formal 経ちます ちま
Perfective 経った った
Conjunctive 経って って
Hypothetical conditional 経てば てば

Verb

() (tatsuintransitive godan (stem () (tachi), past ()った (tatta))

  1. (time) to pass
    ()らないうち15(じゅうごねん)()ちました
    Shiranai uchi ni jūgo nen ga tachimashita.
    Before I knew it, 15 years had passed.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN