やり過すごす

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り

す

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

let pass; let go by; allow to pass

Used for allowing a person, vehicle, or time to pass without engaging; often implies deliberately ignoring or waiting out something.

彼かれは後うしろから来きた車くるまをやり過すごした。
He let the car coming from behind pass.
雨あめがやむまで喫

きっ

茶さ

店てん

で

時じ

間かん

を

やり

過す

ごし

た

。

I passed the time at a café until the rain stopped.

2

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

overdo; do too much

Rare usage; more commonly expressed with やりすぎる. This sense is mostly found in older or literary contexts.

昔むかしの小しょう説せつでは「酒さけをやり過すごす」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。
In old novels, you can find the expression 'to overdo drinking'.

Written forms

やり過すごすUsage55%
Standard kanji spelling; the やり part is often written in kana.
やりすごすUsage38%
遣やり過すごすUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the 遣 kanji is uncommon in modern writing.
やり過すごすUsage3%
search-only kanji form
Search-only simplified form; not standard in modern usage.
遣やり過すごすUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form combining rare kanji and simplified 過; not used in practice.

Kanji

過overdo, exceed, go beyond
遣dispatch, despatch, send

Similar words

やり過すぎる
やり過ぎる is the standard modern word for 'overdo' or 'do too much'. やり過ごす in this sense is rare and literary.
見み逃のがす
見逃す means 'to overlook' or 'to let pass' but often implies intentionally ignoring a mistake or opportunity, while やり過ごす focuses on letting something physically or temporally pass.

Etymology

Compound of やり (continuative form of やる 'to do') + 過ごす ('to pass, to spend time'). The 'overdo' sense is a straightforward extension of 'doing too much', but is now largely replaced by やりすぎる.