過ぎる

This is the 1680th most frequent Japanese word.

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過ぎる

To exceed, go past, or be too much.


過ぎる is used to indicate "excessiveness" or "too much" with the verb 'to eat.'

食べ過ぎると健康に良くないです。

Eating too much is not good for your health.


過ぎる is used to modify the adjective "difficult" to express excessiveness.

この問題は難し過ぎます。

This problem is too difficult.


過ぎる is used in a descriptive noun clause to convey doing the action of 'traveling' excessively.

彼の趣味は旅行し過ぎることだ。

His hobby is traveling too much.