過程(かてい)

かてい
noun
process, course
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 2026.2.26 9:52
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