経緯(いきさつ)

犯人(はんにん)が事件(じけん)の経緯(いきさつ)を語(かた)りました。

The culprit narrated the sequence of events of the crime. {details, particulars, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, circumstances, how it started, how things got this way, longitude and latitude, warp and weft, warp and woof}

父(ちち)に妹(いもうと)と口論(こうろん)になった経緯(いきさつ)を説明(せつめい)しました。

I explained to my father the sequence of events that led to an argument with my sister. {details, particulars, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, circumstances, how it started, how things got this way, longitude and latitude, warp and weft, warp and woof}

先生(せんせい)：「どういう経緯(いきさつ)でイジメが起(お)きたのですか？」

Teacher: "What were the circumstances that led to the bullying?" {details, particulars, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, circumstances, how it started, how things got this way, longitude and latitude, warp and weft, warp and woof}

事(こと)の経緯(いきさつ)を話(はな)している最中(さいちゅう)になぜこの問題(もんだい)が起(お)きたのかが分(わ)かった。

While I was explaining the sequence of events, I understood why this problem occurred. {details, particulars, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, circumstances, how it started, how things got this way, longitude and latitude, warp and weft, warp and woof}

一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)に捜査(そうさ)をすればこそ、事件(じけん)の詳(くわ)しい経緯(いきさつ)を知(し)る事(こと)が出来(でき)るのです。

Only by investigating wholeheartedly, can we understand the detailed sequence of events of the case. {details, particulars, whole story, sequence of events, chronology, circumstances, how it started, how things got this way, longitude and latitude, warp and weft, warp and woof}