経緯

けいい · keii · JLPT N3 · noun

event

🧵🧶 経緯 = warp + weft: the threads that wove the events together

経 is the lengthwise warp thread and 緯 is the crosswise weft. Woven together they make the whole cloth, which is how things came to pass. The same pair gives longitude (経度) and latitude (緯度).

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