JLPT N1 · Verb

凌ぐ (shinogu)

凌ぐ (しのぐ, shinogu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しのぐ
Romaji: shinogu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation) · godan verb, transitive
to pull through; to get over; to survive · godan verb, transitive
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

この新車は他車をしのぐだろう。

This new car will put other cars to shame.

Tatoeba #221031

この金で何とか１ヶ月はしのげる。

The money will carry us for about a month.

Tatoeba #222293

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

Conjugation of 凌ぐ

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	凌ぐ	しのぐ shinogu
Polite (~masu)	凌ぎます	しのぎます shinogimasu
Negative	凌がない	しのがない shinoganai
Polite negative	凌ぎません	しのぎません shinogimasen
Past	凌いだ	しのいだ shinoida
Polite past	凌ぎました	しのぎました shinogimashita
Negative past	凌がなかった	しのがなかった shinoganakatta
Te-form	凌いで	しのいで shinoide
Potential	凌げる	しのげる shinogeru
Passive	凌がれる	しのがれる shinogareru
Causative	凌がせる	しのがせる shinogaseru
Volitional	凌ごう	しのごう shinogou
Imperative	凌げ	しのげ shinoge
Conditional (~ba)	凌げば	しのげば shinogeba

Kanji in 凌ぐ

凌

endure, keep (rain)out, stave offリョウ・しの.ぐ · 10 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1554200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.