過すぎる
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
A car went past the front of the house.
2. to pass (of time); to elapse
Good times pass quickly.
3. to have expired; to have ended; to be over
4. to exceed; to surpass; to be above
5. to be no more than ...
as 〜に過ぎない, etc.
Suffix
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
Usually written in kana
6. to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...
often used after adj. stems or the -masu stems of verbs
The situation is too dangerous.
Kanji used
surpass something
Pitch accent
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ぎ
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Top 600
Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
Examples (119 in total)
I wonder if I was too selfish.
Two weeks went by.
It's just past six.
It's past your bedtime.
Time that has passed will not return.
Don't expect too much of him.
He must be over sixty.
A long day has passed on.
Time passed very quickly.
It's already past one o'clock.
Two days had passed since the incident.
It's midnight already.
Another day passed.
You're too drunk to drive.
That's too expensive.
My vacation went by quickly.
Two hours passed.
The years pass by quickly.
Don't get too distracted by one side!
It's just after three o'clock.
The skiing season has passed.
Never rely too much upon others.
He is too old.
I've been here too long.
I think it's too small for you.
I should think she is over sixty.
How much time has passed?
His parents expect too much of him.
Don't depend too much on others.
But, everything was far too sudden.
I mean, it's all just too complicated.
It has been ten years since my father passed away.
The movie was so boring that I fell asleep.
A full three days passed like that.
Oops, I got a little too carried away.
The gate was too narrow for the truck.
It seems I put in a little too much strength.
It was well past the time for the appointment.
Maybe I spent a little too long on the interrogation.
However, the opponent was too strong.
I wait impatiently for the time to pass.
Looks like I've lost a bit too much blood.
I had been too dependent on them.
We woke up after midnight.
The time was a little past noon.
It's already past seven in the evening.
Maybe we were too optimistic.
It seems I got a bit too enthusiastic.
Your driver's license has expired.
This food is too salty.
Ten years have passed since I came here.
My hair has grown too long.
Five years have gone by since my father died.
Time passes by today, as always.
I'm too tired to walk any more.
Time goes very swiftly.
I have to be careful not to make it too heavy.
Her movements were far too precise.
The time that passed will never return.
The gate is too narrow for the car.
Jokes that go too far hurt people.
My feet hurt because these shoes are too small.
As we were having a conversation, time passed.
Look, whether you are sad or happy, time passes anyway.
It was past midnight when we arrived.
It has been three months since he left Japan.
A policeman ran past.
Two months have passed since he left for France.
The morning time passed in the blink of an eye.
It is too sudden, so my thoughts do not come together well.
And so, in the twinkling of an eye, several hours passed.
After the full moon, the moon wanes.
I suspect Tom and Mary are over thirty.
The street was deserted after ten.
I'm too old for such things.
As it was past 8 p.m. we called it a day.
It's just after midnight in Boston.
That said, leaving it as is is too dangerous.
Even as I thought about such things, time went by.
Two years went by before I could find a good job.
The box was too heavy for him to lift.
The change came when the afternoon was more than half over.
She must have been over thirty when she got married.
They are just waiting for the storm to pass.
Ten years went by, and in all that time he never once came home.
He is too honest to tell a lie.
It was certainly too rude to flatly call that luck.
She's probably just over twenty.
It was only a little, but I made sure not to overcool the room.
I was so surprised that I blurted out something strange.
After he turned forty, his life finally blossomed.
A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.
There's too much money in these accounts.
Two years have passed since Jim graduated from high school.
Ten years have passed since I came to Tokyo at the age of eighteen.
The doctor advised me not to smoke too much.
Those pants are a little too tight in the waist.
Time passed rapidly and the work didn't advance at all.
Perhaps because I had a little too much to drink, the tea tastes incredibly good.
As I said earlier, your charm is more than enough!
If you tell too many lies, people won't ever believe you.
If you become too emotionally attached to your subordinates, work won't run smoothly.
Most of that night passes as usual.
I had no way of even counting how many days had passed since I was taken captive.
In short, I would be happy if I were allowed to live a life without being overtaxed.
It's not that easy to learn a new language after fifty.
By the time I had finished visiting all the places I was to see in the morning, it was already past noon.
In this country, one is recognized as an adult only after turning fifteen.
She's already past eighty, but she's in great spirits holding the baby.
Many people think that children spend too much time watching TV.
Time just drags on and on while I remain unable to convey my feelings.
It seems that everyone got too excited because it was their first dispatch in a long time.
Nearly three years have already passed since that second operation.
Salt is indispensable to the human body, but it becomes poison if taken in excess.
At the party the other night, my brother drank a bit too much and passed out.
Eventually, time passed, and the girl grew into an adult woman of twenty.
Without any purpose or ambition, only time passes by.
Just past the eighth station of the mountain, the ground suddenly shook.
Ten minutes after they had passed Nara, the car ran out of gas.