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やり過ごす · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	やり過すごす	やり過すごさない
Polite	やり過すごします	やり過すごしません
Past polite	やり過すごしました	やり過すごしませんでした
Past	やり過すごした	やり過すごさなかった
Te-form	やり過すごして	やり過すごさないで
Desire	やり過すごしたい	やり過すごしたくない
Potential	やり過すごせる	やり過すごせない
Passive	やり過すごされる	やり過すごされない
Causative	やり過すごさせる	やり過すごさせない
Causative passive	やり過すごさせられる	やり過すごさせられない
Volitional	やり過すごそう
Polite volitional	やり過すごしましょう
Imperative	やり過すごせ	やり過すごすな
Conditional	やり過すごせば	やり過すごさなければ
Tara conditional	やり過すごしたら	やり過すごさなかったら

Meanings

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.

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'.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉をやり過すごすto let a vehicle or thing go by without boarding/taking it
混こんでいたので、電でん車しゃを一いっ本ぽんやり過すごした。
It was crowded, so I let one train go by.
〈時とき〉をやり過すごすto wait out a period of time without doing anything about it
退たい屈くつな会かい議ぎを居い眠ねむりしてやり過すごした。
I dozed off to get through the boring meeting.
〈人ひと〉をやり過すごすto let a person pass by without engaging with them
気きづかれないように、後うしろの人ひとをやり過すごした。
I let the person behind me pass without being noticed.
〈事こと〉をやり過すごすto wait out or get through a difficult situation without confronting it
その場ばの気きまずさを、何なにも言いわずにやり過すごした。
I got through the awkward moment without saying anything.

Kanji

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

Related words

見み逃のがすN2sense 1
見逃す means to let something (a mistake, opportunity, or person) pass without acting on it, often implying intentional overlooking, while やり過ごす focuses more on physically or temporally letting something pass by.
やりすぎる sense 2
やり過ぎる is the standard modern word meaning to overdo or go too far, while やり過ごす in this same sense is rare and mostly literary.
見み送おくるN3sense 1
見送る is used for letting a vehicle, opportunity, or turn pass by (often with a sense of choice), whereas やり過ごす can also apply to waiting out time, danger, or an uncomfortable moment.

Don't confuse with

見み過すごすN1sense 1
見過ごす means to overlook something without even noticing it, while やり過ごす implies noticing something and deliberately letting it pass or waiting it out.
やり通とおすN1
やり過ごす means to let something pass by without acting on it, which is nearly opposite in meaning to やり通す despite the similar やり~ form.

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.

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.