Illustration: Two children build wooden block towers on the floor of an apartment playroom. An intact older tower stands beside a taller new one, with a horizontal strip of tape on the wall aligned exactly with the older tower's top. The new tower extends three blocks above that reference.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

超こす

kosu

to exceed, to surpass

越す is used for crossing, passing time and moving house. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの年収ねんしゅうは５００万円まんえんを超こしている。

    My annual income exceeds five million yen.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ２０３０年ねんまでには、全人口ぜんじんこうの２１パーセントが６５歳さいを越こすようになる。

    By 2030, twenty-one percent of its population will be over sixty-five.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは４０歳さいを越こしている。

    He is past forty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 超

  • 超transcend; super-OnチョウKunこえる・こす

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