How to say "overcome" in Japanese

• 押し切るおしきるCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers overcoming opposition rather than difficulties: pushing a plan or decision through against resistance. Use it when you force your way past people's objections, not when you surmount a hardship.
• 乗り越えるのりこえるCommon
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbThe broadest choice: overcoming difficulties, obstacles, illness, or crises. When English 'overcome' means getting over a hardship or obstacle and no special nuance is intended, this is usually the word to reach for.
• 打ち勝つうちかつCommon
  godan verb, intransitive verbAlso for overcoming a difficulty, but with the nuance of conquering it, as if defeating an opponent in a struggle. Choose it when the hardship is something you fight and prevail over.
  私はその困難こんなんに打ち勝うちかつことができた。↗

  I managed to overcome the difficulty.
• 乗り切るのりきるCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbAbout getting through adversity rather than conquering it: weathering a rough period and coming out the other side. For plain 'overcome', it is often better rendered as 'weather' or 'get through'.
  我々われわれは最悪さいあくの事態じたいを乗り切のりきったと思おもいます。↗

  We think we are over the worst.

Use 「乗り越える」 as the general word for overcoming difficulties or obstacles; 「押し切る」 for pushing past opposition, 「打ち勝つ」 for conquering a difficulty as if defeating it, and 「乗り切る」 for weathering adversity.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 押し切るおしきるto overcome (opposition)
• 踏み越えるふみこえるto step over or across
• 排するはいするto push aside
• 征するせいするto conquer
• 乗り越えるのりこえるto overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.)
• 打ち勝つうちかつto overcome (a difficulty)
• 乗り切るのりきるto get through (adversity)
• 這い上がるはいあがるto overcome (a bad situation)
• 切り抜けるきりぬけるto get over