Meaning

Primary

To Exceed

Alternatives

To Go Over, To Surpass

Word Type

godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means ultra or super so the verb version is what happens when you do something ultra or super much. You start to exceed the amount you were meant to do it. If you ultra drive a car, you exceed the speed limit. If you ultra study, you exceed your brain capacity. Get it?

Reading

こす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Who likes to exceed everything? Your ()! Or you, when you were a . No bedtimes, parents, or other limitations could stop you! You were able to go over them all!

Context

Context Sentences

彼はあまり自分の気持ちを言葉で表さない人なので、度を超す程私に執着していることを隠していました。

He’s not really the kind of person who talks about their own feelings, so he hid that he was excessively obsessed with me.

Kanji Composition