JLPT N4 · Verb

過ぎる (sugiru)

過ぎる (すぎる, sugiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pass through; to pass by”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: すぎる
Romaji: sugiru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond · ichidan verb, intransitive
to pass (of time); to elapse · ichidan verb, intransitive
to have expired; to have ended; to be over · ichidan verb, intransitive
to exceed; to surpass; to be above · ichidan verb, intransitive
to be no more than ... · ichidan verb, intransitive · as 〜に過ぎない, etc.

Example sentences

今日もまた寂しい一日が過ぎる。

Another lonely day.

Tatoeba #171475

１年が過ぎ、彼の死体は塵と化した。

A year had passed by and his body turned to dust.

Tatoeba #235683

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

Conjugation of 過ぎる

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	過ぎる	すぎる sugiru
Polite (~masu)	過ぎます	すぎます sugimasu
Negative	過ぎない	すぎない suginai
Polite negative	過ぎません	すぎません sugimasen
Past	過ぎた	すぎた sugita
Polite past	過ぎました	すぎました sugimashita
Negative past	過ぎなかった	すぎなかった suginakatta
Te-form	過ぎて	すぎて sugite
Potential	過ぎられる	すぎられる sugirareru
Passive	過ぎられる	すぎられる sugirareru
Causative	過ぎさせる	すぎさせる sugisaseru
Volitional	過ぎよう	すぎよう sugiyou
Imperative	過ぎろ	すぎろ sugiro
Conditional (~ba)	過ぎれば	すぎれば sugireba

Kanji in 過ぎる

過

overdo, exceed, go beyondカ・す.ぎる・す.ごす · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 過ぎる.

過去かこthe past過程かていprocess通過つうかpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.)過ごすすごすto spend (time)通り過ぎるとおりすぎるto go past過失かしつaccident (caused by negligence)過剰かじょうexcess超過ちょうかexcess過半数かはんすうmajority過疎かそunderpopulation過密かみつovercrowding過労かろうoverwork経過けいかpassage (of time)過ちあやまちfault

Source: JMdict entry 1195970 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.