過剰

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
じょう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
過剩 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(じょう) (kajō-na (adnominal ()(じょう) (kajō na), adverbial ()(じょう) (kajō ni))

  1. too many; too much; excess, nimious, superfluous

Inflection

Noun

()(じょう) (kajō

  1. excess, redundancy

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN