Japanese symbol for “lapse”
経過
けいか
Romaji: keika
passage (of time); elapsing; lapse
In Japanese, lapse is 経過, read けいか (keika).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs passage (of time); elapsing; lapse
- n, vi, vs progress; development; course (of events)
- n, vi, vs transit (astron)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “lapse”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消滅 | しょうめつ shoumetsu | extinction; extinguishment; disappearance |
| 失効 | しっこう shikkou | lapse; abatement; invalidation |
| 落ち度 | おちど ochido | mistake; error; fault |
| 流れる | ながれる nagareru | to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair) |
| 立ち | たち tachi | passage of time; lapse |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 経済 | けいざい keizai | economy; economics |
| 経験 | けいけん keiken | experience |
| 経営 | けいえい keiei | management; administration; operation |
| 神経 | しんけい shinkei | nerve |
| 経由 | けいゆ keiyu | going through; going via; going by way of |
| 過去 | かこ kako | the past; bygone days |
| 過ぎ | すぎ sugi | past; after |
| 過程 | かてい katei | process; course; mechanism |
See also: Chinese symbol for “lapse”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.