Process
A Process
noun
Surpass the extent... okay, what does that even mean? You figure out the extent of your abilities, and then you surpass them to get better. You have to do this over and over again in order to keep getting better. It's a process that must be accomplished if you ever hope to get better than you are now.
過程 is often used to describe ongoing progress, like 生産過程 (production process), but it can also be used to talk about how things develop. For example, you might reflect on the 過程 that led to your current job, or explain the steps a team follows to finish a project.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
私はいつも自分の作品を作り上げていく過程を楽しむようにしています。
I always try to enjoy the process of creating my own work.
うちの子は夏休みの自由研究で、昆虫の成長過程を記録しています。
My child is recording the growth process of insects for his research project during summer vacation.
プロジェクトが失敗したことは仕方のないことですが、どうしてそうなったかの過程を考え、説明できるようにしないと、失敗を次に活かせませんよ。
It was inevitable that the project failed, but if you don't think about the process of why it happened and be able to explain it, you won't be able to use the failure to your advantage the next time.