I Love Kanji追い越す (oikosu)
追い越す (おいこす, oikosu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pass (e.g. car); to overtake”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おいこす
- Romaji
- oikosu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to pass (e.g. car); to overtake · godan verb, transitive
- to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of; to outdistance · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 追い越す
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 | 追い越す | おいこす oikosu |
| Polite (~masu) | 追い越します | おいこします oikoshimasu |
| Negative | 追い越さない | おいこさない oikosanai |
| Polite negative | 追い越しません | おいこしません oikoshimasen |
| Past | 追い越した | おいこした oikoshita |
| Polite past | 追い越しました | おいこしました oikoshimashita |
| Negative past | 追い越さなかった | おいこさなかった oikosanakatta |
| Te-form | 追い越して | おいこして oikoshite |
| Potential | 追い越せる | おいこせる oikoseru |
| Passive | 追い越される | おいこされる oikosareru |
| Causative | 追い越させる | おいこさせる oikosaseru |
| Volitional | 追い越そう | おいこそう oikosou |
| Imperative | 追い越せ | おいこせ oikose |
| Conditional (~ba) | 追い越せば | おいこせば oikoseba |
Kanji in 追い越す
追
chase, drive away, followツイ・お.う · 9 strokes越
surpass, cross over, move toエツ・オツ・こ.す・-こ.す · 12 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 追い越す.
追うおうto chase追い付くおいつくto catch up (with)追加ついかaddition追いかけるおいかけるto chase追及ついきゅうinvestigation (e.g. into someone's guilt)追跡ついせきchase追放ついほうexile追い込むおいこむto herd追い出すおいだすto expel引っ越すひっこすto move (house)越すこすto cross over (e.g. mountain)越えるこえるto cross over引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)乗り越しのりこしriding past (one's station)
Source: JMdict entry 1432280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.