auxiliary N5 common casualpolitewritten
〜すぎる — too much / excessively ~
〜すぎる ・ すぎる
Builds on 連用形（ます形）
Meaning
- too ~ / excessively ~ — to an excessive degree, usually framed as a problem
Key sentence
昨日は食べすぎた。
I ate too much yesterday.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Verb (ます-stem) | V-stem + すぎる | 飲む → 飲みすぎる |
| い-adjective (drop い) | Adj(−い) + すぎる | 高い → 高すぎる |
| na-adjective | na-adj + すぎる | 静か → 静かすぎる |
Examples
このコートは大きすぎる。
This coat is too big.
難しすぎて分からない。
It's too hard, so I don't get it.
彼は働きすぎだ。
He works too much.
When you can't use it
- 〜すぎる carries a negative judgment — that something is excessive or a problem. It is not a neutral 'very'; for plain emphasis use とても.
Easily confused with
Notes
- Irregular stems: いい → よすぎる, ない → なさすぎる.
See 〜すぎる in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜すぎる the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar, A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.