Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
2. to pass (of time); to elapse
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
Kanji used
surpass something
Pitch accent
Top 700
Used in vocabulary (33 in total)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
Examples (67 in total)
Two weeks went by.
It's just past six.
It's past your bedtime.
Don't expect too much of him.
A long day has passed on.
Time passed very quickly.
That's too expensive.
Another day passed.
It's midnight already.
You're too drunk to drive.
Two hours passed.
My vacation went by quickly.
It's just after three o'clock.
The skiing season has passed.
Never rely too much upon others.
I've been here too long.
I think it's too small for you.
His parents expect too much of him.
Don't depend too much on others.
The movie was so boring that I fell asleep.
It's past noon. Let's eat.
The gate was too narrow for the truck.
We woke up after midnight.
Maybe we were too optimistic.
Your driver's license has expired.
This food is too salty.
My hair has grown too long.
Five years have gone by since my father died.
I'm too tired to walk any more.
Time goes very swiftly.
The time that passed will never return.
The gate is too narrow for the car.
My feet hurt because these shoes are too small.
As we were having a conversation, time passed.
A policeman ran past.
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.
The box was too heavy for him to lift.
They are just waiting for the storm to pass.
He is too honest to tell a lie.
She came an hour beyond the appointed time.
A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.
Two years have passed since Jim graduated from high school.
There's too much money in these accounts.
The doctor advised me not to smoke too much.
Time passed rapidly and the work didn't advance at all.
Those pants are a little too tight in the waist.
If you tell too many lies, people won't ever believe you.
His ideas were too far advanced to be accepted by ordinary people.
Many people think that children spend too much time watching TV.
At the party the other night, my brother drank a bit too much and passed out.
He must be over sixty.
The years pass by quickly.
He is too old.
I should think she is over sixty.
It has been ten years since my father passed away.
Ten years have passed since I came here.
It was past midnight when we arrived.
Two months have passed since he left for France.
I suspect Tom and Mary are over thirty.
Two years went by before I could find a good job.
She must have been over thirty when she got married.
Ten years have passed since I came to Tokyo at the age of eighteen.
It's not that easy to learn a new language after fifty.
Ten minutes after they had passed Nara, the car ran out of gas.