Meanings
Verb (5-dan, つ, intransitive)
1. to pass (of time); to elapse
Kanji used
Buddhist scripture
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
Examples (28 in total)
Time passes quickly.
Three weeks went by.
Time has passed very quickly.
He came back after many years.
I can't believe three years has already gone by.
I can't believe it's been more than a year.
I can't believe that it's been more than a year.
Time goes by quickly when you're having fun.
How long have you lived in Japan?
The leaves turned red as the days passed.
It's been three years since I started studying French.
One and a half years have passed since I started to learn Chinese.
It has been over three years since I moved here.
In the course of time, he changed his mind.
While we were doing that, another two hours passed.
How tall do you think my daughter will be in three years?
As time went on, people grew more and more concerned about the matter.
10 years have passed since then.
It hasn't been thirty minutes yet.
It's been two years since I saw him last.
It's been exactly one week since Tom left.
It has been as many as ten years since I started to live in Tokyo.
That was when I was in the first year at high school, so 17 years have passed since then.
The town will change in another ten years.
It's been two years since I started learning Chinese.
You've only been on the job for about 15 minutes.
I had known her for ten years when I married her.
It's been a week, but I'm still suffering from jet lag.