過ぎる

Japanese

過ぎる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana すぎる, rōmaji sugiru)

to pass; to go beyond
あの子 (こ)もおもちゃで遊 (あそ)ぶ年 (とし)は過 (す)ぎるころだ。
Ano ko mo omocha de asobu toshi wa sugiru koro da.
He will soon be past playing with toys.
to elapse; to exceed
あれから半 (はん)年 (ねん)が過 (す)ぎた。
Are kara hannen ga sugita.
Half a year had passed since it had happened.
(auxiliary) too, too much (verb)
その靴 (くつ)は高 (たか)すぎる。
Sono kutsu wa takasugiru.
These shoes are too expensive.

大 (おお)きすぎるからトランクに入 (はい)らないぞ。
Ōkisugiru kara toranku ni hairanai zo.
Dude, it isn't going to fit into the trunk because it's too big.

あまり酒 (さけ)を飲 (の)み過 (す)ぎるのは、危 (き)険 (けん)だ。
Amari sake o nomisugiru no wa, kiken da.
It is dangerous to drink too much.

When すぎる (sugiru) is attached to the end of other verbs and adjectives is denotes the meaning of "too much".
(verbs) The verb is directly attached to the stem or the continuative form (連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei)) of the verb:
飲 (の)みすぎる (nomisugiru); to drink too much

食 (た)べすぎる (tabesugiru); to eat too much

寝 (ね)すぎる (nesugiru); to sleep too much
(na-adjectives) The verb is simply attached to the adjectives:
静 (しず)かすぎる (shizukasugiru); too quiet.
(i-adjectives) The last い (i) is removed before attaching the verb:
大 (おお)きすぎる (ōkisugiru); too big

高 (たか)すぎる (takasugiru); too expensive

Conjugation of "過ぎる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	過ぎ	すぎ	sugi
Continuative (連用形)	過ぎ	すぎ	sugi
Terminal (終止形)	過ぎる	すぎる	sugiru
Attributive (連体形)	過ぎる	すぎる	sugiru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	過ぎれ	すぎれ	sugire
Imperative (命令形)	過ぎよ¹ 過ぎろ²	すぎよ¹ すぎろ²	sugiyo¹ sugiro²
Key constructions
Passive	過ぎられる	すぎられる	sugirareru
Causative	過ぎさせる過ぎさす	すぎさせるすぎさす	sugisaseru sugisasu
Potential	過ぎられる過ぎれる³	すぎられるすぎれる³	sugirareru sugireru³
Volitional	過ぎよう	すぎよう	sugiyō
Negative	過ぎない過ぎぬ過ぎん	すぎないすぎぬすぎん	suginai suginu sugin
Negative continuative	過ぎず	すぎず	sugizu
Formal	過ぎます	すぎます	sugimasu
Perfective	過ぎた	すぎた	sugita
Conjunctive	過ぎて	すぎて	sugite
Hypothetical conditional	過ぎれば	すぎれば	sugireba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential