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へる
verb (ichidan)
to pass through, to go through, to elapse
他動詞 transitiveformal
See also: () (decrease, reduce)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()()ない
Present polite()ます()ません
Past()()なかった
Past polite()ました()ませんでした
て form()()なくて
ている present()ている()ていない
ている polite()ています()ていません
ている past()ていた()ていなかった
ている past polite()ていました()ていませんでした
Conditional ば()れば()なければ
Conditional たら()たら()なかったら
Volitional()よう
Volitional polite()ましょう
Potential()られる()られない
Passive()られる()られない
Causative()させる()させない
Imperative()()るな
1. to pass through, to go via, to go through (a process or place)
To go through a particular route, process, stage, or intermediary on the way to a destination or result.
I passed through the screening and was accepted.
I headed to Hiroshima via Osaka.
After going through long discussions, a conclusion was finally reached.
2. to elapse, to pass (of time)
For time to pass or elapse. Often used in the pattern 〜を経て (after going through, having passed through).
I still remember even after ten years have passed.
Time passes quickly.
After 50 years since the war, the town has fully recovered.

Ichidan (ru-verb): ()る → ()ない → ()た → ()て.

Usage

The te-form ()て is extremely common, meaning "after going through" or "via." It is used both for physical routes (大阪(おおさか)()て) and abstract processes (審査(しんさ)()て). For the time sense, it is often literary or formal.

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