勝る – Vocabulary details

勝まさる

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

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

けれども、危き機きが去さったことはそれにも勝まさる喜よろこびだ。However, the fact that the crisis has passed is a joy that surpasses even that.

2. to outweigh; to preponderate

だが、どうしても恥はずかしさが勝まさる。But no matter what, the embarrassment wins out.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

勝

win

Pitch accent

ま

さ

る

ま

さる

Conjugations...Used in: 1989

Used in vocabulary (7 in total)

聞ききしに勝まさる

exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations

何なににも勝まさる

surpassing everything; better than anything; to be better than anything

立たち勝まさる

to be superior; to surpass

4 more...

Examples (8 in total)

睡すい眠みんは薬くすりに勝まさる。

Sleep is better than medicine.

喜よろこびよりも驚おどろきが勝まさる。

Surprise outweighs joy.

体たい験けんに勝まさるものはない。

There is nothing that surpasses experience.

全ぜん体たいは部ぶ分ぶんの総そう和わに勝まさる。

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

だけどこれに勝まさるものはない。

But there is nothing that surpasses this.

健けん康こうが富とみに勝まさることは言いうまでもない。

It goes without saying that health is above wealth.

けれども、危き機きが去さったことはそれにも勝まさる喜よろこびだ。

However, the fact that the crisis has passed is a joy that surpasses even that.

疲つかれを感かんじてるときは、入にゅう浴よくに勝まさる物ものはない。