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過ぎる

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

過ぎる — “to pass, to exceed, to go past”

過ぎる (read すぎる) means to pass, to exceed, to go past. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

Reading

すぎる

Meaning

to pass, to exceed, to go past

過ぎる in a sentence

もう十じゅう時じを過ぎすぎました。

It's already past ten o'clock.

The kanji in 過ぎる

過to pass; excessive

Words that share a kanji with 過ぎる

過ごすすごす— to spend (time), to pass (time)
過去かこ— past
通過つうか— passage, passing through
通り過ぎるとおりすぎる— to pass by, to go past
過失かしつ— fault, error, negligence
過剰かじょう— excess, surplus, excessive
過程かてい— process, course
過半数かはんすう— majority, more than half

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