pass through · manage

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 経 has 11 strokes and expresses experiencing something or passing through a place or process.
• Basic usage: 経験 is read けいけん, and 経由 is read けいゆ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The content of an experience
  • 海外で暮らした経験 means experience of living abroad.
  • The verb phrase before 経験 explains what was experienced.
• An intermediate stop or person
  • 山の駅を経由して means via a mountain station.
  • 担当者を経由して委員会へ送られた means was sent to the committee through the person in charge.
  • 経由 can indicate an intermediary person as well as a place.