Topic N4
Japanese Learning
Lesson 44: I ate too much
Learn about expressing excess (~Sugimasu), ease or difficulty of doing something (~Yasui / ~Nikui), and changing the state of an object (~Shimasu).
Too much ... / Excessively ...
✏️ Structure
💡 Usage
Indicates that an action or state greatly exceeds the necessary or normal level. Usually carries a deeply undesirable, complaining, or negative nuance.
📚 Examples
ゆうべ お酒を 飲みすぎました。
Yuube osake o nomisugimashita.
I unfortunately drank too much alcohol last night.
この シャツは 大きすぎます。
Kono shatsu wa ookisugimasu.
This shirt is way too big for me.
この 問題は 複雑すぎます。
Kono mondai wa fukuzatsusugimasu.
This issue is too painfully complicated.
最近パソコンを使いすぎて、目が痛いです。
Saikin pasokon o tsukaisugite, me ga itai desu.
Lately I've used the computer too much, so my eyes literally hurt.
このパソコンは高すぎます。
Kono pasokon wa takasugimasu.
This computer is way too astronomically expensive.