を経て（をへて）
After going through … / Via … / Following … (a process or stage)
This grammar expresses that something happens after passing through a process, stage, period, or route.
N1
Meaning
After going through … / Via … / Following … (a process or stage)
This grammar expresses that something happens after passing through a process, stage, period, or route.
Formation
Noun + を経て
Noun + を経た + Noun
Explanation
を経て is used when something occurs after passing through a particular stage, process, time period, or intermediary step.
Core idea:
“Through X, then Y”
“After undergoing X, Y happened”
“Via X”
Important nuance:
Emphasizes the process or transition
Often implies:
development
progression
institutional procedure
Very common in:
news reports
business descriptions
historical explanations
academic writing
JLPT N1 reading passages
Tone:
Formal
Objective
Process-focused