過ぎ去る・過去る|すぎさるsugisaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
過ぎ去る過ぎ去る is the more common written form and the recommended choice for beginners when writing this word.
過去る過去る is a less common written form; beginners should generally use 過ぎ去る instead when writing the word.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto pass; to pass byくる日もくる日も同じように過ぎ去った。↗All the days went by, one like another.
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 過ぎ去る（すぎさる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 過ぎ去ります（すぎさります） |
| Negative (nai) | 過ぎ去らない（すぎさらない） |
| polite (masen) | 過ぎ去りません（すぎさりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 過ぎ去らず・過ぎ去らぬ（すぎさらず・すぎさらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 過ぎ去った（すぎさった） |
| polite (mashita) | 過ぎ去りました（すぎさりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 過ぎ去らなかった（すぎさらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 過ぎ去りませんでした（すぎさりませんでした） |
| Te form | 過ぎ去って（すぎさって） |
| Potential | 過ぎ去れる（すぎされる） |
| Passive | 過ぎ去られる（すぎさられる） |
| Causative | 過ぎ去らせる（すぎさらせる） |
| Causative passive | 過ぎ去らせられる・過ぎ去らされる（すぎさらせられる・すぎさらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 過ぎ去れば（すぎされば） |
| tara | 過ぎ去ったら（すぎさったら） |
| Volitional | 過ぎ去ろう（すぎさろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 過ぎ去りましょう（すぎさりましょう） |
| Imperative | 過ぎ去れ（すぎされ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym経過けいかWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers the passage of time or the course of events; 過ぎ去る stresses time or things vanishing for good.
- Synonym通り過ぎるとおりすぎるNeutralNeutral. Means going past a place, i.e. passing in space; 過ぎ去る is mostly said of time or seasons gone for good.
- Synonym通り越すとおりこすNeutralNeutral. Passing beyond a spot, or exceeding a limit or degree; 過ぎ去る stresses the departing.
- SynonymすぎるNeutralNeutral. Passing or time elapsing; also forms 「〜すぎる」. 過ぎ去る stresses that nothing comes back.
- Synonym通過つうかWrittenWritten/formal. Passing through a station or checkpoint, or a bill passing; 過ぎ去る is mostly said of time.
- Synonym経るへるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Time passing, going via a place, or going through experiences; 過ぎ去る stresses vanishing.
- Synonym去るさるNeutralNeutral. Leaving, and also time gone, as in 「去る5日」; 過ぎ去る stresses passing and going away.
- Related越すこすNeutralNeutral. Crossing over mountains or getting through a winter; 過ぎ去る stresses passing away.
- Related通り抜けるとおりぬけるNeutralNeutral. Going through the inside of something to the far side, as through a tunnel; 過ぎ去る never means going through and is mostly about time.
- RelatedわたるNeutralNeutral. Crossing rivers or seas; it has nothing to do with the passage of time that 過ぎ去る suggests.
- Related突き抜けるつきぬけるNeutralNeutral. Piercing through to the other side, as a bullet does; 過ぎ去る stresses going off into the distance after passing.
- Related通行つうこうWrittenWritten/formal. People or vehicles moving along roads, as in 「通行止め」; 過ぎ去る is mostly said of time.
- Related横断おうだんWrittenWritten/formal. Crossing a road or spanning a continent; it has no link to the time sense of 過ぎ去る.
- Related越えるこえるNeutralNeutral. Crossing a boundary or exceeding a figure; 過ぎ去る stresses the departing.
- Related通るとおるNeutralNeutral. Going through or past a place; 過ぎ去る stresses moving off into the distance.
- Related横切るよこぎるNeutralNeutral. Crossing a road or passing before you; 過ぎ去る stresses passing and being gone for good.
- RelatedうつるNeutralNeutral. Shifting or changing, as in 「季節が移る」; 過ぎ去る stresses fading away.
- Related経つたつNeutralNeutral. Time passing, as in 「三年経つ」; 過ぎ去る adds the wistful sense of what is gone for good.
- Related流れるながれるNeutralNeutral. Flowing, and of time slipping by, as in 「月日が流れる」; 過ぎ去る stresses that it is already past.
- Related過ぎ行くすぎゆくWrittenWritten, with a literary flavor: time or scenery passing along; 過ぎ去る puts more weight on leaving never to return.
- RelatedよぎるNeutralNeutral. Passing or time elapsing; also forms 「〜すぎる」. 過ぎ去る stresses that nothing comes back.
- Related突っ切るつっきるCasualColloquial. Cutting straight across, as across a plaza; 過ぎ去る is mostly about time passing.
- Relatedくぐり抜けるくぐりぬけるNeutralNeutral. Ducking through a gap or getting past difficulties; 過ぎ去る carries no sense of overcoming anything.
For time simply passing, pick 「経つ」 or 「過ぎる」. Use 「過ぎ去る」 when you want the wistful sense of something gone for good, as in 「過ぎ去った日々」. For passing a place in space, say 「通り過ぎる」; for the course of events, 「経過」.
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