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overdo
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingカ
Kun readingす.ぎる、す.ごす、あやま.ち、あやま.つ、よぎ.る、よ.ぎる
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. overdoRtK
    彼は物事を真剣に考え過ぎる傾向にある。He tends to consider things too much earnestly.tatoeba
    その後は中級貴族として過ごす。He then spent his life as a middle-rank noble.wiki
  2. exceed
  3. go beyond
  4. error
  1. to pass through
  2. to pass by
  3. to go beyond
  4. to pass (of time)
  5. to elapse

Popular Usage

過ぎる過去過ごす過失過剰過程過半数過ち過疎過多過密過労

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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jawbone · joint · hood (冂) · mouth (口) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1389

Compound words

過ぎるすぎる
to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (of time); to elapse
過去かこ
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit
過ごすすごす
to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption)
過失かしつ
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
過剰かじょう
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
過程かてい
process; course; mechanism
過半数かはんすう
majority
過疎かそ
underpopulation; low population density; depopulation
過密かみつ
overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation; crammed (schedule); congested
一過いっか
passing (e.g. of a typhoon); going past
過大かだい
excessive; too much; unreasonable
過度かど
excessive; immoderate
経過するけいかする
passage (of time)
通過するつうかする
to pass
過ちあやまち
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
過多かた
excess; surplus; superabundance
過労かろう
overwork; strain
経過けいか
passage (of time); elapsing; lapse; progress; development
過ぎすぎ
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
過激かげき
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive
過言かごん
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue
過渡かと
crossing; ferry; transient; changing old to new
過当かとう
excessive; exorbitant
過熱かねつ
overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot

Additional Examples

彼は不注意な過ちをおかす、しかも頻繁にだ。
He makes careless mistakes, and does so frequently.tatoeba
彼は非常に神経過敏である。
He is all nerves.tatoeba
彼は批判家連中が、彼の過ちならなんでも叩こうと待ち受けていることを承認していた。
He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.tatoeba
過去存在したもの
Varieties in the pastwiki
過去に存在した寮
The dormitory once existedwiki
中学、高校時代を宇治市で過ごす。
He lived in Uji City when he was a junior and senior high school student.wiki
過失のため伊甚屯倉を春日山田皇女皇后に献上したという。
In apology for his mistake, he presented the Ijimuno miyake to Kasuganoyamada no himemiko.wiki
人違いに気づくも時すでに遅く、浮舟は重大な過失におののく。
Although Ukifune realized it was someone else, it was too late and she shuddered at her serious mistake.wiki
このため、一般に借入過剰となっている。
So, most onsen-ryokan have excessive debts.wiki
過剰な多機能、手回しがよすぎる <> シンプルな所持品
Too many functions and over-preparation, which is opposite to traveling lightlywiki
三田藩の成立過程
The course of Sanda Domain's establishmentwiki
足利将軍家の成立過程
History of the Ashikaga Shogunate familywiki
卒業生57名のうち20歳から25歳が過半数。
Of the 57 graduating students, more than half were aged 20 to 25.wiki
また箏曲でも、古典曲の場合過半数が手事物である。
Also in so (or koto) music, most of them are tegotomono in the case of classic music.wiki
茅葺屋根の民家が残る地域であるが、近年過疎化が進んでいる。
Thatched private houses still remain in this area, but the population has been increasingly on the decline.wiki
供給過多との指摘
It is pointed out that whale meat is oversupplied.wiki
貿易が開始されると、朝鮮側の米輸出過多となり米価が高騰した。
After starting trade, Korean rice was exported excessively, and price of rice soared.wiki
貧困と過労からノイローゼ
He suffered from neurosis caused by poverty and overwork.wiki
転封と家中の内紛に身をすり減らした末の過労死であろう。
He supposedly died of overwork due to changing territory and working hard to settle the internal troubles.wiki

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