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N1 う-verb (つ), Intransitive verb

経(た)つto pass, to lapse

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    1. う-verb (つ), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to pass (of time), to elapse

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    経つ 【たつ】

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      • た

      • つ

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    • 失恋(しつれん)の傷(きず)は時間(じかん)が経(た)つと癒(い)えます。

      A broken heart heals as time passes.

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    • 子供(こども)の時(とき)は、一(いち)日(にち)が経(た)つのが遅(おそ)く感(かん)じていました。

      As a child, I always felt like the days passed slowly.

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    • 妻(つま)がいつまで経(た)っても帰(かえ)ってこないので、少(すこ)し心配(しんぱい)です。

      I'm a bit worried; no matter how much time passes, my wife doesn't come home.

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    • 家出(いえで)をしてから小(こ)一(いち)時間(じかん)経(た)って戻(もど)ってきた息子(むすこ)の体(からだ)はなぜか泥(どろ)まみれだった。

      After about an hour had passed since running away from home, my son came back, completely covered in mud for some reason.

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    • 前(まえ)に頼(たの)まれた仕事(しごと)がいつまで経(た)っても終(お)わらないのなら、怒(おこ)られるのも当然(とうぜん)である。

      If I still haven't finished the work I was assigned, no matter how much time passes, so it's only natural I'd be scolded.

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