１０年が過ぎた。

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...