過ぎる

• 読み: すぎる
• ローマ字: sugiru
• 漢字の分解: 過 (ka/su) — exceed, pass, overdo
• 発音: /sɯ.ɡi.ɾɯ/

意味

To exceed; to go beyond; to pass. Also used as a suffix meaning 'too much.'

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb with two main uses: as a standalone verb meaning 'to pass by' (時間が過ぎる) or 'to exceed,' and as an extremely common suffix attached to verbs and adjectives to mean 'too much' (食べすぎる, 高すぎる). The suffix form is written in hiragana as すぎる.

例文

1. もう十二時を過ぎていますよ。
2. 昨日は食べすぎて気持ち悪くなりました。
3. 時間が過ぎるのは本当に速いですね。

使い方ガイド

場面: time, daily life, expressing excess

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 過 combines 辶 (movement) and 咼 (crooked), suggesting going past a point or exceeding a boundary.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal