Illustration: At the packing counter of a small Japanese household-goods shop, an employee wraps a single sturdy wooden spoon in an absurd quantity of cushioning. The spoon’s handle protrudes from a mound of padding inside a box large enough for a rice cooker.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

過か剰じょう

kajou

excessive

Example sentences

  1. 安やすい輸入品ゆにゅうひんで市場しじょうが供給きょうきゅう過剰かじょうになるだろう。

    Cheap imports will glut the market.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 避さけなければならないもう一ひとつのことは、過剰かじょうに賛辞さんじを使つかうことである。

    Another thing to avoid is to use too much praise.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんでは米こめが恒常的こうじょうてきに供給きょうきゅう過剰かじょうである。

    There is a chronic oversupply of rice in Japan.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 過剰

  • 過overdo; exceedOnカKunすぎる・すごす・あやまち
  • 剰surplus; besidesOnジョウKunあまつさえ・あまり・あまる

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