JLPT N1 · Verb

上回る (uwamawaru)

上回る (うわまわる, uwamawaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
うわまわる
Romaji
uwamawaru
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

所得税は控除額を上回るいかなる所得にもかかる。
An income tax is levied on any income that exceeds deductions.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 上回る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary上回るうわまわる uwamawaru
Polite (~masu)上回りますうわまわります uwamawarimasu
Negative上回らないうわまわらない uwamawaranai
Polite negative上回りませんうわまわりません uwamawarimasen
Past上回ったうわまわった uwamawatta
Polite past上回りましたうわまわりました uwamawarimashita
Negative past上回らなかったうわまわらなかった uwamawaranakatta
Te-form上回ってうわまわって uwamawatte
Potential上回れるうわまわれる uwamawareru
Passive上回られるうわまわられる uwamawarareru
Causative上回らせるうわまわらせる uwamawaraseru
Volitional上回ろううわまわろう uwamawarou
Imperative上回れうわまわれ uwamaware
Conditional (~ba)上回ればうわまわれば uwamawareba

Kanji in 上回る

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 上回る.

Source: JMdict entry 1352770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.