Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 見過ごす · godan verb (-su)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 見み 過す ごす 見み 過す ごさない Polite 見み 過す ごします 見み 過す ごしません Past polite 見み 過す ごしました 見み 過す ごしませんでした Past 見み 過す ごした 見み 過す ごさなかった Te-form 見み 過す ごして 見み 過す ごさないで Desire 見み 過す ごしたい 見み 過す ごしたくない Potential 見み 過す ごせる 見み 過す ごせない Passive 見み 過す ごされる 見み 過す ごされない Causative 見み 過す ごさせる 見み 過す ごさせない Causative passive 見み 過す ごさせられる 見み 過す ごさせられない Volitional 見み 過す ごそう Polite volitional 見み 過す ごしましょう Imperative 見み 過す ごせ 見み 過す ごすな Conditional 見み 過す ごせば 見み 過す ごさなければ Tara conditional 見み 過す ごしたら 見み 過す ごさなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 を 見み 過す ごす to overlook/let something pass
I can't overlook his rude behavior.
見み 過す ごせない cannot be overlooked; unacceptable to ignore
This is a serious mistake that can't be overlooked.
〈 事こと 〉 を 見み 過す ごしてしまう to end up overlooking something (unintentionally)
I ended up overlooking a small anomaly.
Kanji 過 overdo, exceed, go beyond Related words 見逃す often implies intentionally turning a blind eye or letting a chance slip, while 見過ごす is more neutral and can be purely accidental.
見落とす specifically means to fail to notice something out of carelessness, whereas 見過ごす covers both careless oversight and a conscious decision to let something pass.
無視する means to actively and deliberately ignore something, while 見過ごす can also describe simply failing to notice it.
見過ごす means to let something pass unnoticed, often through negligence or on purpose, while 見損なう simply means failing to notice or catch sight of something.
見過ごす is a plain verb meaning to overlook something without acting, close in meaning to 看過 but less formal and less likely to imply conscious deliberateness.
Don't confuse with 見送る means to postpone or decide against acting on something (like an opportunity), while 見過ごす means to fail to notice or let a fault slide without necessarily deciding anything.
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.
見過ごす shares the ending 過ごす with 寝過ごす but means to overlook or let something pass unnoticed, not to sleep too long.
Written forms 見み 過す ごす Usage 92%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
見過すみすごす Usage 6%
Variant spelling without the okurigana ご ; less common but still encountered.
みすごす Usage 2%
Etymology Compound of 見る (to see) + 過ごす (to pass, to let go by). The literal sense is 'to see and let pass', which developed into both accidental overlooking and deliberate ignoring.
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