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すぎる
すぎるsugiruN5neutral
Same meaning1
too much; so much that
All examples7
too …; excessively — the degree or amount exceeds what is proper
昨日は飲みすぎて、今朝は頭が痛いよ。
kinou wa nomisugite, kesa wa atama ga itai yo.
I drank too much yesterday and my head hurts this morning. casual
ダイエット中なのに、つい食べすぎる。
daietto chuu na noni, tsui tabe sugiru.
I'm on a diet, and yet I just eat too much. casual
この靴は私には大きすぎます。
kono kutsu wa watashi ni wa ookisugimasu.
These shoes are too big for me. neutral
彼は真面目すぎて、冗談がまったく通じない。
kare wa majimesugite, joudan ga mattaku tsuujinai.
He is too serious — jokes go right past him. neutral
ご提示いただいた納期は、弊社には短すぎるかと存じます。
go teiji itadaita nouki wa, heisha ni wa mijikasugiru ka to zonjimasu.
I am afraid the proposed deadline is too tight for our company. formal
それは言いすぎだよ。彼だって頑張ってたんだから。
sore wa iisugi da yo. kare datte ganbatteta n da kara.
That's going too far — he was trying hard too, you know. casual
昨日は少し飲みすぎでした。
kinou wa sukoshi nomisugi deshita.
I drank a bit too much yesterday. neutral
How it's formed4
All forms6
すぎsugicolloquial
味わいすぎ
clipped shout that ends a sentence — 高すぎ!/食べすぎ!
すぎだsugidaalternant
味わいすぎだ
すぎ works as a noun here, so だ or です ends the sentence, not the verb. Heard in 言いすぎだよ ("that's going too far") and 飲みすぎですよ ("you're drinking too much").
すぎでsugidealternant
味わいすぎで
the noun's own で, naming the cause (飲みすぎで頭が痛い). The verb's すぎて joins the same two parts without turning the excess into a thing.
- negativeすぎないsuginai
味わいすぎない
- pastすぎたsugita
味わいすぎた
- politeすぎますsugimasu
味わいすぎます
Notes
いい becomes よすぎる, ない adds さ (なさすぎる) except plain ない-words
(少なすぎる, not 少なさすぎる), and casual use can flip it into
praise (おいしすぎる!).