JLPT N3 · Verb

越す (kosu)

越す (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

船は今夜赤道を越すだろう。

The ship will cross the equator tonight.

Tatoeba #141122

どうやって彼らはあのテントで寒い冬を越せるのだろうか。

How will they get through the cold winter in that tent?

Tatoeba #201139

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.

Tatoeba #235598

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

Conjugation of 越す

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	越す	こす kosu
Polite (~masu)	越します	こします koshimasu
Negative	越さない	こさない kosanai
Polite negative	越しません	こしません koshimasen
Past	越した	こした koshita
Polite past	越しました	こしました koshimashita
Negative past	越さなかった	こさなかった kosanakatta
Te-form	越して	こして koshite
Potential	越せる	こせる koseru
Passive	越される	こされる kosareru
Causative	越させる	こさせる kosaseru
Volitional	越そう	こそう kosou
Imperative	越せ	こせ kose
Conditional (~ba)	越せば	こせば koseba

Kanji in 越す

越

surpass, cross over, move toエツ・オツ・こ.す・-こ.す · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 越す.

引っ越すひっこすto move (house)越えるこえるto cross over引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)追い越すおいこすto pass (e.g. car)乗り越しのりこしriding past (one's station)引っ越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)優越ゆうえつsupremacy

Source: JMdict entry 1175300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.