行き過ぎる・行きすぎる・行過ぎる|いきすぎるikisugiru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
ゆきすぎるyukisugiru[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
行き過ぎる行き過ぎる（いきすぎる） is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners; it uses kanji and kana together.
行きすぎる行きすぎる（いきすぎる） is less common than 行き過ぎる（いきすぎる）. It is another kanji-and-kana spelling, but beginners should choose 行き過ぎる（いきすぎる）.
行過ぎる行過ぎる（いきすぎる） is the least common of these forms. It is also written with kanji and kana, but beginners should choose 行き過ぎる（いきすぎる）.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto go too far; to go past
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto go to extremes; to overdo it
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 行き過ぎる（いきすぎる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 行き過ぎます（いきすぎます） |
| Negative (nai) | 行き過ぎない（いきすぎない） |
| polite (masen) | 行き過ぎません（いきすぎません） |
| classical zu / nu | 行き過ぎず・行き過ぎぬ（いきすぎず・いきすぎぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 行き過ぎた（いきすぎた） |
| polite (mashita) | 行き過ぎました（いきすぎました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 行き過ぎなかった（いきすぎなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 行き過ぎませんでした（いきすぎませんでした） |
| Te form | 行き過ぎて（いきすぎて） |
| Potential | 行き過ぎられる（いきすぎられる） |
| Passive | 行き過ぎられる（いきすぎられる） |
| Causative | 行き過ぎさせる（いきすぎさせる） |
| Causative passive | 行き過ぎさせられる（いきすぎさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 行き過ぎれば（いきすぎれば） |
| tara | 行き過ぎたら（いきすぎたら） |
| Volitional | 行き過ぎよう（いきすぎよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 行き過ぎましょう（いきすぎましょう） |
| Imperative | 行き過ぎろ（いきすぎろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- RelatedしすぎるNeutralNeutral, used in both speech and writing. Says you do too much of something — the stress is on exceeding the proper degree. 「行き過ぎる」 can also mean going past a place.
- RelatedやりすぎるCasualColloquial. Centers on overdoing an action — doing something to excess. 「行き過ぎる」 also covers literally going too far or passing a place, which this word does not.
Use 「行き過ぎる」 for going too far — as in 「駅を行き過ぎる」 — or for conduct that goes to extremes, as in 「行き過ぎた指導」. For overdoing an action, say 「やり過ぎる」, common in speech, or 「し過ぎる」 in both speech and writing.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
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