経歴|けいれきkeireki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpersonal history; background; career
   彼かれはビジネスの経歴けいれきがある。↗

   He has a background in business.

• SynonymキャリアNeutralLoanword for one's work history (「キャリアを積む」), centred on jobs and professional experience; 「経歴」 also takes in schooling and other life experience.
• Synonym履歴りれきNeutralA person's history and career, or a record of past activity, as in 「履歴書」 and 「閲覧履歴」; it can also log what a thing or user has done.
• Synonym来歴らいれきWrittenFormal written word for where a thing comes from and how it got there (「寺の来歴」); mostly used for objects, not people.
• Synonym閲歴えつれきWrittenFormal written word for experience built up through work; rare — in everyday speech use 「経歴」 or 「キャリア」.
• Related生い立ちおいたちNeutralCovers how someone grew up — their upbringing and early life (「不幸な生い立ち」); it centres on childhood, not the whole school-and-work record.
• RelatedバックグラウンドNeutralLoanword for a person's background or origins (「文化的バックグラウンド」); it can take in education and work as well as the circumstances someone comes from.

Use 「経歴」 for a person's full record of schooling, jobs and positions (「経歴を詐称する」). Say 「キャリア」 for work history, 「履歴」 for a written record, 「生い立ち」 for childhood and upbringing; 「閲歴」 and 「来歴」 are rare written words.

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1. その人ひとが経験けいけんしてきた学業がくぎょう・職業しょくぎょう・地位ちいなどの事柄ことがら。