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すぎ

sugi

Description

「すぎ」は、時間や年れいがそれをこえたことをあらわす言い方です。

"すぎ" is an expression that indicates that time or age has passed beyond a certain point.

また、ほかの言葉のあとについて「〜しすぎる」のように、多すぎることをあらわします。

Also, when attached after other words, as in "〜しすぎる," it expresses excessiveness.

Meanings

過ぎsugi

past (a certain time or age)

今は五時過ぎです。

It's just past five o'clock.

すぎsugi

too much; excessively (as a suffix)

食べすぎでおなかが痛い。

My stomach hurts from overeating.

sugi

Japanese cedar tree

春は杉の花粉がつらい。

Cedar pollen is tough in spring.

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Notes

  • Nuance

    as a suffix すぎ marks excess; as 過ぎ after times it means 'just past'.

  • Etymology

    comes from the verb 過ぎる (to pass, to exceed); 杉 (cedar) is a separate homophone.

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