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経たて緯ぬき
Meanings
Noun
1. details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way
when read as "いきさつ, けいい"
2. longitude and latitude
when read as "けいい"
3. warp and weft; warp and woof
orig. meaning of けいい
when read as "けいい, たてぬき, たてよこ"
Alt. forms
経緯いきさつ
86%
いきさつ
13%
Kanji used
経
Buddhist scripture
緯
latitude
Pitch accent
た
てぬき
た
て
ぬき
Used in: 2344
Composed of
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
Examples (1 in total)
This is how the accident happened.