No. 2,224 in Japanese
経ち
"経ち" means "the passage of time" or "elapsed time."
In a sentence
時間が経ちました。
Time has passed.
The word '経ち' is used to convey the passage of time referring to '時間' (time).
それから数年が経ちました。
Several years have passed since then.
Here, '経ち' expresses the elapsed period of several years after an event.'
戦争が終わって50年が経ちました。
Fifty years have passed since the end of the war.
In this sentence, '経ち' indicates the duration of fifty years passing since a specific historical point.
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