超す (kosu)
超す (こす, kosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- こす
- Romaji
- kosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across · godan verb, transitive
- to get over (e.g. hardship) · godan verb, transitive
- to pass time (e.g. a winter) · godan verb, transitive
- to surpass; to be better than; to exceed · godan verb, transitive · often 超す
- to move house · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
2030年までには、全人口の21パーセントが65歳を越すようになる。
By 2030, twenty-one percent of its population will be over sixty-five.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 超す
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 超す | こす kosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 超します | こします koshimasu |
| Negative | 超さない | こさない kosanai |
| Polite negative | 超しません | こしません koshimasen |
| Past | 超した | こした koshita |
| Polite past | 超しました | こしました koshimashita |
| Negative past | 超さなかった | こさなかった kosanakatta |
| Te-form | 超して | こして koshite |
| Potential | 超せる | こせる koseru |
| Passive | 超される | こされる kosareru |
| Causative | 超させる | こさせる kosaseru |
| Volitional | 超そう | こそう kosou |
| Imperative | 超せ | こせ kose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 超せば | こせば koseba |
Kanji in 超す
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 超す.
Source: JMdict entry 1175300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.