JLPT N2 · な-adjective

過剰 (kajou)

過剰 (かじょう, kajou) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “excess; surplus”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かじょう
Romaji: kajou
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

安い輸入品で市場が供給過剰になるだろう。

Cheap imports will glut the market.

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

Conjugation of 過剰

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	過剰だ	かじょうだ kajouda
Present (polite)	過剰です	かじょうです kajoudesu
Negative	過剰じゃない	かじょうじゃない kajoujanai
Past	過剰だった	かじょうだった kajoudatta
Negative past	過剰じゃなかった	かじょうじゃなかった kajoujanakatta
Te-form	過剰で	かじょうで kajoude
Before a noun	過剰な	かじょうな kajouna
Adverb (~ni)	過剰に	かじょうに kajouni

Kanji in 過剰

過

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

剰

surplus, besidesジョウ・あまつさえ・あま.り · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 過剰.

過ぎるすぎるto pass through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)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 1196170 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.