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過 す.ぎる、-す.ぎる、-す.ぎ、す.ごす、あやま.つ、あやま.ち、よ.ぎる 過去(かこ): (1) the past; bygone days; the previous (2) a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past (3) past (tense); preterit; preterite (4) previous life過程(かてい): process; course; mechanism過半数(かはんすう): majority経過(けいか): passage; expiration; progress; transition過ぎ(すぎ): (1) past; after (2) too (much); over (e.g. eating)通過(つうか): passage through; transit; passing過失(かしつ): (1) error; blunder; accident (2) fault; defect過剰(かじょう): excess; over-過疎(かそ): depopulation過労(かろう): overwork; strain超過(ちょうか): excess; being more than過ち(あやまち): fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas通り過ぎる(とおりすぎる): to pass; to pass through過密(かみつ): overcrowding; crowded; congestion過ごす(すごす): (1) to pass (time); to spend (2) to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol) (3) to take care of; to support (4) to overdo; to do too much (5) to ... without acting on it過ぎる(すぎる): (1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond (2) to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse (3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over (4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above (5) to be no more than ... (6) (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... 5 咼: crooked mouth; evil; dishonest辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 辵 7 (none) overdo In ´American History X´ Edward Norton´s character overdoes it when he makes the dude that tried to steal his car lie face down with his jawbone open over the pavement of the roadway and then stamps on the back of his head. My teeth still tingle when I think of that!

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カ overdo, exceed, go beyond, error 3 285 12 162 しんにょう・しんにゅう 形声 Phonetic Jaws XII~! Jaws strikes the highway! Man, they´re really overdoing it now.

Kanji	過
Onyomi	カ
Kunyomi	す.ぎる、-す.ぎる、-す.ぎ、す.ごす、あやま.つ、あやま.ち、よ.ぎる
English	overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
Examples	過去(かこ): (1) the past; bygone days; the previous (2) a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past (3) past (tense); preterit; preterite (4) previous life 過程(かてい): process; course; mechanism 過半数(かはんすう): majority 経過(けいか): passage; expiration; progress; transition 過ぎ(すぎ): (1) past; after (2) too (much); over (e.g. eating) 通過(つうか): passage through; transit; passing 過失(かしつ): (1) error; blunder; accident (2) fault; defect 過剰(かじょう): excess; over- 過疎(かそ): depopulation 過労(かろう): overwork; strain 超過(ちょうか): excess; being more than 過ち(あやまち): fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas 通り過ぎる(とおりすぎる): to pass; to pass through 過密(かみつ): overcrowding; crowded; congestion 過ごす(すごす): (1) to pass (time); to spend (2) to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol) (3) to take care of; to support (4) to overdo; to do too much (5) to ... without acting on it 過ぎる(すぎる): (1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond (2) to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse (3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over (4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above (5) to be no more than ... (6) (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	285
Components	咼: crooked mouth; evil; dishonest 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	辵
Radical Number	162
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	overdo
Koohii Story 1	Jaws XII~! Jaws strikes the highway! Man, they´re really overdoing it now.
Koohii Story 2	In ´American History X´ Edward Norton´s character overdoes it when he makes the dude that tried to steal his car lie face down with his jawbone open over the pavement of the roadway and then stamps on the back of his head. My teeth still tingle when I think of that!

Pass Past Previous I.E History One's Error Fault