Kanji1 / 12
過 kanji
overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
カ
Kun readings
すぎるすごすあやまちあやまつよぎるよぎる
Words with 過
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3過去Popularthe past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; preterite; previous life
- N3通過Popularpassing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit; passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing; getting through (a preliminary round); qualification
- N2過失Popularaccident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
- N2過剰Popularexcess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
- N2過程Popularprocess; course; mechanism
- N2超過Popularexcess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.); going over
- N2過半数Popularmajority
- N1過疎Popularunderpopulation; low population density; depopulation
- N1過多Popularexcess; surplus; superabundance
- N1過密Popularovercrowding; congestion; overpopulation; crammed (schedule); congested; busy; tight
- N1過労Popularoverwork; strain
- N1経過Popularpassage (of time); elapsing; lapse; progress; development; course (of events); transit
- —一過Popularpassing (e.g. of a typhoon); going past
- —過激Popularextreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
- —過言Popularexaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
- —過大Popularexcessive; too much; unreasonable
- —過渡Popularcrossing; ferry; transient; changing old to new
- —過度Popularexcessive; immoderate
- —過当Popularexcessive; exorbitant
- —過熱Popularoverheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot; overheating (of an economy, debate, etc.)