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凌ぐ[しのぐ] (shinogu)

to outdo, to surpass, to endure, to keep out (rain), to stave off, to tide over, to pull through, to defy, t

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 2
  • #16739 most frequent

Meaning

凌ぐ (しのぐ, shinogu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to outdo, to surpass, to endure, to keep out (rain), to stave off, to tide over, to pull through, to defy, t”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

観客かんきゃくの数かずは予想よそうをはるかにしのいだ

The number of spectators far surpassed expectation.

猛暑もうしょをどうしのいでいますか。

How are you keeping off this intense heat?

この新車しんしゃは他車たしゃをしのぐだろう。

This new car will put other cars to shame.

彼女かのじょは美うつくしさという点てんでは姉あねはしのいでいる。

She surpasses her sister in beauty.

Conjugation table

凌ぐ (しのぐ) is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary凌ぐ しのぐshinogu
Negative凌がない しのがないshinoganai
Past凌いだ しのいだshinoida
Past negative凌がなかった しのがなかったshinoganakatta
Polite (ます)凌ぎます しのぎますshinogimasu
Polite negative凌ぎません しのぎませんshinogimasen
Polite past凌ぎました しのぎましたshinogimashita
Polite past negative凌ぎませんでした しのぎませんでしたshinogimasendeshita
Te-form凌いで しのいでshinoide
Conditional (ば)凌げば しのげばshinogeba
Conditional (たら)凌いだら しのいだらshinoidara
Potential凌げる しのげるshinogeru
Passive凌がれる しのがれるshinogareru
Causative凌がせる しのがせるshinogaseru
Causative-passive凌がせられる しのがせられるshinogaserareru
Volitional凌ごう しのごうshinogou
Volitional polite凌ぎましょう しのぎましょうshinogimashou
Imperative凌げ しのげshinoge
Desire (たい)凌ぎたい しのぎたいshinogitai

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