JLPT N3 · Verb

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

  1. to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across · godan verb, transitive
  2. to get over (e.g. hardship) · godan verb, transitive
  3. to pass time (e.g. a winter) · godan verb, transitive
  4. to surpass; to be better than; to exceed · godan verb, transitive · often 超す
  5. 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.
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?
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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.