過 程(かてい)

かてい

noun

process, course

See also: 課程(かてい) (curriculum (課程)), 仮定(かてい) (hypothesis (仮定)), 家庭(かてい) (home, household (家庭))

1. process, course

A series of actions or steps taken to achieve a particular result.

製造(せいぞう)過程(かてい)で問題(もんだい)が発生(はっせい)した。

A problem occurred during the manufacturing process.

結果(けっか)より過程(かてい)が大切(たいせつ)だ。

The process is more important than the result.

研究(けんきゅう)の過程(かてい)で新(あたら)しい発見(はっけん)があった。

There was a new discovery in the course of the research.

2. development, progression

The gradual development of something over time.

成長(せいちょう)の過程(かてい)で多(おお)くのことを学(まな)んだ。

I learned many things in the process of growing up.

病気(びょうき)が治(なお)る過程(かてい)には時間(じかん)がかかる。

The process of recovering from an illness takes time.

日本(にほん)の経済(けいざい)は戦後(せんご)の復興(ふっこう)の過程(かてい)で大(おお)きく変(か)わった。

Japan's economy changed greatly in the course of postwar reconstruction.

過程(かてい) emphasizes the steps or stages in a development.

COMMON PATTERNS:

〜の過程(かてい)で (in the process of ~)
過程(かてい)を経(へ)る (to go through a process)
発展(はってん)の過程(かてい) (process of development)

COMPOUND WORDS:

製造(せいぞう)過程(かてい) (manufacturing process)
成長(せいちょう)過程(かてい) (growth process)
思考(しこう)過程(かてい) (thought process)

HOMOPHONES:

過程(かてい): process (steps toward result)
課程(かてい): course, curriculum (educational)
仮定(かてい): hypothesis, assumption
家庭(かてい): home, household

Related Words

Contrast: 課程(かてい) (course, curriculum)

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Added 2026.1.11 15:43 · Revised 2026.5.22 1:10

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