過ごす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
過
す
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) すご​す [sùgóꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨᵝɡo̞sɨᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "過ごす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
過ごす すご​す [sùgóꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 過ごせ すご​せ [sùgóꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 過ごされる すごされ​る [sùgósáréꜜrù]
Causative 過ごさせる すごさせ​る [sùgósáséꜜrù]
Potential 過ごせる すごせ​る [sùgóséꜜrù]
Volitional 過ごそう すごそ​ー [sùgósóꜜò]
Negative 過ごさない すごさ​ない [sùgósáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 過ごさなかった すごさ​なかった [sùgósáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 過ごします すごしま​す [sùgóshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 過ごした すご​した [sùgóꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 過ごして すご​して [sùgóꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 過ごせば すご​せば [sùgóꜜsèbà]

Verb

過(す)ごす • (sugosu) transitive godan (stem 過(す)ごし (sugoshi), past 過(す)ごした (sugoshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 過ごす
mediopassive 過ぎる
  1. spend, pass (time); have (a holiday)
    退屈(たいくつ)な日々(ひび)を過(す)ごす
    taikutsu na hibi o sugosu
    to live out boring days
    休日(きゅうじつ)を家(いえ)で過(す)ごす
    kyūjitsu o ie de sugosu
    to spend a day off at home
    不安(ふあん)な夜(よる)を過(す)ごす
    fuan na yoru o sugosu
    to endure a night of anxiety
    (literally, “to pass an uneasy night”)
  2. do something too much, carry something too far

Conjugation

References

  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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