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Too much すぎるN5N41 rule

〜すぎる: too much

すぎる attaches to a verb stem or an adjective root and always carries a negative judgement — it is 'too much', not merely 'very'.

Also known assugiruすぎるtoo much japanesesugimasu

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V(stem) / adj すぎますすぎる — too much
Too much すぎる

Excess: verb-stem / adjective + すぎます (飲みすぎる, 高すぎる).

ゆうべ お酒を 飲みすぎました

ゆうべ おさけを のみすぎました。

I drank too much last night.

Attach すぎる to the ます-stem (食べ→食べすぎる) or to an adjective stem (高い→高すぎる, 元気→元気すぎる). It implies “too much / excessively”, usually with a negative nuance.

In the textbooksMinna II, lesson 44Genki I, lesson 12