まさる – Vocabulary details

まさる

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival

2. to outweigh; to preponderate

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exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations

exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations

to be superior; to surpass

睡すい眠みんは薬くすりにまさる。

Sleep is better than medicine.

全ぜん体たいは部ぶ分ぶんの総そう和わにまさる。

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

健けん康こうが富とみにまさることは言いうまでもない。

It goes without saying that health is above wealth.

疲つかれを感かんじてるときは、入にゅう浴よくにまさる物ものはない。

When you feel tired, there is nothing like having a bath.

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