N3 — outside your level filter
以上に
いじょうにijou niN3neutral
Same meaning13
more than; the most
- だけましだat least X — a bad situation beats the worse alternativeattaches at
- ほどto the point of ...; to such an extent that ...attaches at
- ほど〜ないnot as … asattaches at
- いちばんthe most; number oneattaches at
- くらいabout; to the extent thatattaches at
- くらいならrather than ... — the speaker settles for anything over the option namedattaches at
- に限るnothing beats X; the best thing to do is Xattaches at
- に越したことはないnothing is better than X; the more/better X, the betterattaches at
- に比べてcompared to N; in comparison with Nattaches at
- のほうがis more …; the … one of the twoattaches at
- というよりrather than saying ...; more like ...attaches at
- 割にconsidering ...; more/less than expected given ...attaches at
- よりthan; compared toattaches at
All examples3
more than; even more than — passes the level it's measured against
今日の試験は思っていた以上に難しかった。
kyou no shiken wa omotte ita ijou ni muzukashikatta.
Today's exam was harder than I had expected. neutral
今回のプロジェクトは予算以上にコストがかかりました。
konkai no purojekuto wa yosan' ijou ni kosuto ga kakarimashita.
This project ended up costing more than the budget. formal
このラーメン、評判以上にうまいじゃん。
kono raamen, hyouban ijou ni umai jan.
This ramen is even better than its reputation, seriously. casual
How it's formed2
Notes
以上は (now that) shares the 以上 kanji but is a different pattern — は
often drops there too (引き受けた以上、やるしかない), so
the cue is the presence of に (comparison), not に versus は.
often drops there too (引き受けた以上、やるしかない), so
the cue is the presence of に (comparison), not に versus は.