オーバーoobaa

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounovercoat
    あなたはオーバーなしですますつもりですか。↗
    Do you mean to do without an overcoat?
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbexceeding; going over; going beyond
    このバッグは4キロの重量じゅうりょうオーバーです。↗
    This bag is 4 kilograms overweight.
  3. na-adjectiveexaggerated; overdone; over the top
  4. noun, golfover par
  5. noun, photographyoverexposure
Conjugation
Dictionary formオーバーする
Polite (masu)オーバーします
Negative (nai)オーバーしない
polite (masen)オーバーしません
classical zu / nuオーバーせず・オーバーせぬ
Past (ta)オーバーした
polite (mashita)オーバーしました
Past negative (nakatta)オーバーしなかった
polite (masen deshita)オーバーしませんでした
Te formオーバーして
Potentialオーバーできる
Passiveオーバーされる
Causativeオーバーさせる
Causative passiveオーバーさせられる
Conditional (ba)オーバーすれば
taraオーバーしたら
Volitionalオーバーしよう
polite (mashou)オーバーしましょう
Imperativeオーバーしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymコートNeutralThe most general word for a coat, as in 「コートを着る」; it can also mean a court for ball games.
  • Synonym誇大こだいWrittenExaggeration, mostly in compounds such as 「誇大広告」 and 「誇大妄想」; more of a written word than 「オーバー」.
  • Synonym大仰おおぎょうWrittenExaggerated or making too much of something, as in 「大仰な身振り」; carries a strong written flavor.
  • Synonym大げさおおげさNeutralExaggerated or making too much of something, as in 「大げさに言う」; the most common choice, and interchangeable with 「オーバー」 in that sense.
  • SynonymオーバーコートNeutralLoanword for a long overcoat; it has only the coat sense, and 「オーバー」 is a short form of it in that sense.
  • Synonym外套がいとうWrittenA written-style word for a coat with an old-fashioned flavor; 「コート」 is the usual word today.
  • Related被布ひふWrittenA round-collared coat worn over a kimono; confined to traditional dress, unlike the Western-style 「オーバー」.
  • AntonymアンダーNeutralLoanword for below or under, as in 「アンダーパー」; the opposite of 「オーバー」 in the exceeding sense.
  • Antonym不足ふそくNeutralInsufficiency or shortage, as in 「人手不足」; it contrasts with the exceeding sense of 「オーバー」.

「オーバー」 covers both exceeding (「予算オーバー」) and exaggeration (「オーバーな表現」). For exaggeration 「大げさ」 is the everyday word; for a coat, 「コート」. 「オーバーコート」 is a long overcoat; 「外套」/「被布」 are written or traditional; 「誇大」/「大仰」 are formal; 「アンダー」/「不足」 are its opposites.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 数量すうりょうなどが超過ちょうかすること。
  2. 限度げんどや境界きょうかいなどを越こえること。
  3. 大袈裟おおげさなさま。
  4. 上うえを越こえる。
  5. 上うえから着きるような。
  6. 超過ちょうかした。
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