過ごす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • 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
Imperative (命令形) 過ごせ
Key constructions
Passive 過ごされる ごされ
Causative 過ごさせる ごさせ
Potential 過ごせる ごせ
Volitional 過ごそう ごそ
Negative 過ごさない ごさない
Negative perfective 過ごさなかった ごさなかった
Formal 過ごします ごしま
Perfective 過ごした した
Conjunctive 過ごして して
Hypothetical conditional 過ごせば せば

Verb

()ごす (sugosutransitive godan (stem ()ごし (sugoshi), past ()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)日々(ひび)()ごす
    taikutsu na hibi o sugosu
    to live out boring days
    休日(きゅうじつ)(いえ)()ごす
    kyūjitsu o ie de sugosu
    to spend a day off at home
    不安(ふあん)(よる)()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