越す · godan verb (-su)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 越す | 越さない |
| Polite | 越します | 越しません |
| Past polite | 越しました | 越しませんでした |
| Past | 越した | 越さなかった |
| Te-form | 越して | 越さないで |
| Desire | 越したい | 越したくない |
| Potential | 越せる | 越せない |
| Passive | 越される | 越されない |
| Causative | 越させる | 越させない |
| Causative passive | 越させられる | 越させられない |
| Volitional | 越そう | |
| Polite volitional | 越しましょう | |
| Imperative | 越せ | 越すな |
| Conditional | 越せば | 越さなければ |
| Tara conditional | 越したら | 越さなかったら |
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Used for physically crossing a boundary, obstacle, or geographical feature such as a mountain, river, or border.
After crossing the mountain, we saw a small village.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Used for overcoming difficulties, hardships, or crises. Often appears with nouns like 困難, 危機, or 冬.
He overcame many difficulties and succeeded.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Used for getting through a period of time, especially a season or a difficult stretch. Common with 冬, 年, or 時期.
Getting through this winter was tough.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
surpass; exceed; be better than
Only when written 超す
Indicates going beyond a standard, limit, or another person. The kanji 超す is often used for this sense.
His grades exceed the class average.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
move house; relocate
Standard verb for moving from one residence to another. Often used in the phrase 引っ越す, but 越す alone is also common.
I plan to move to Osaka next month.
godan verb (-su), transitive verb
Honorific verb used to describe the movement of someone respected. Often appears as お越しになる or in set phrases like お越しください.
See also: お越し
Please come this way.
Crossing the border is not easy.
The company got through its management crisis.
The cat made it through the cold winter.
The number of participants exceeded a thousand.
I'm planning to move to a new apartment next month.
引っ越す is the everyday compound verb for moving house, while 越す alone is more formal or literary for the same meaning.
過ごす focuses on how one spends or lives through a period of time, while 越す emphasizes getting through a difficult season or stretch of time to the other side.
克服する is a formal, abstract verb for overcoming a difficulty or obstacle, while 越す is a more everyday word often paired with 危機 or 困難.
move (house); change residence
having more wins than losses; winning record · taking the lead; going ahead (in points, goals, etc.)
seeing in the New Year; New Year's Eve celebration
anticipation; expectation; foreseeing · looking over; peering over
passing; overtaking
carryover; unfinished business; pending matter · hangover; lingering effects of food or drink
more losses than wins; losing record
feeling of something going down the throat; throat sensation when swallowing
pass; overtake · surpass; outstrip; get ahead of
carry-over; carrying forward; transfer · balance brought forward; balance carried forward
jump; transfer
over someone's shoulder; looking over a shoulder
overnight; kept overnight
overanxiety; needless worry; borrowing trouble
carry over; postpone; defer
riding past one's station; overriding
have more wins than losses; be ahead in wins · take the lead (in points, goals, etc. during a match)
ride past one's stop; overshoot a station · climb over; get over · overtake; pass (a vehicle)
inverted siphon; siphon culvert
wintering; passing the winter
over a wall; across a fence
through a wall; on the other side of a wall
keeping over the summer; summering
crossing a mountain; going over a mountain · other side of a mountain; beyond the mountain · immediately after one's draw (mahjong); winning off a discarded tile from the right or across after passing on a win from the left (mahjong)
crossing a river
carried over from last month; left unpaid from previous month
through something; with something in between