- すぎ
- 過ぎ
past
after
杉
Japanese cedar* * *I―すぎ【―過ぎ】①[時間・年代]¶6時5分~だIt's five (minutes) past six. ;《略式》It's six five.¶中年~の男性a man past middle age¶彼は50~ではないかなI wonder if [whether] he isn't over fifty.②[程度]¶ → それは言い過ぎだよ¶スピードの出し~だよYou're driving too fast.¶彼女の意見は行き~だShe is extreme in her views.IIすぎ【杉】Japanese cedar/-síːdər/ 〖C〗〔植〕.* * *Iすぎ【杉】【植】 〔スギ科の常緑高木; 日本固有〕 a Japanese cedar [red cedar]; a sugi 《pl. -(s)》; Cryptomeria japonica. <▲> cedar はマツ科ヒマラヤスギの仲間.杉板 a sugi board [plank].杉折り ⇒すぎおり.スギ科 the taxodium family; Taxodiaceae. taxodiaceous adj.杉垣 a sugi hedge.杉花粉 ⇒すぎかふん.杉皮 ⇒すぎかわ.杉戸 a sugi-board door.杉並木 ⇒すぎなみき.杉形 ⇒すぎなり.杉箸 sugi chopsticks.杉林 ⇒すぎばやし.II-すぎ【-過ぎ】1 〔時〕 past; after.●5 時過ぎに 〔5 時より少し後に〕 a little [short while, few minutes] after five o'clock; 〔5 時以降〕 after [later than] five o'clock
・10 時 5 分過ぎに at five (minutes) past [《米》 after] ten; at ten oh five
・12 時過ぎまで起きている sit up until after [past] midnight
・80過ぎまで生きる live beyond [to be over] eighty.
●9 時何分か過ぎの列車がある. There is a train that leaves a few minutes past [after] nine.
・もう昼過ぎだ. It is past noon already.
・「もう 6 時 20 分過ぎか」「いや, 25 分過ぎだ」 “Is it twenty past six already?”―“No, twenty-five past.”
2 〔度合い〕 over-; too (much).●食べすぎ overeating [⇒たべすぎ]
・やりすぎ doing too much; overreaching oneself [⇒やりすぎ]
・心配のしすぎ worrying too much
・君は漫画の読みすぎだ. You read too many manga [comic books].
・それは推理小説の読みすぎというものだ. That's what comes of reading too many detective stories.
・健康のため吸いすぎに注意しましょう. In the interests of health, take care not to smoke too much. | 〔英国などでの表示〕 Stopping smoking reduces the risk of serious diseases.
言い過ぎ ⇒いいすぎ.行き過ぎ ⇒いきすぎ.飲み過ぎ ⇒のみすぎ.太り過ぎ ⇒ふとりすぎ.やせ過ぎ being too thin; slimming to excess.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.