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凌しのぐ

しのぐ shinogu Play N1 Godan verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

限られたものを使って、ある期間をなんとか過ごす。また、他のものを上回る。 to outdo; to surpass; to endure; to keep out (rain); to stave off; to tide over; to pull through; to defy

Example 1

この金かねで何なんとか１ヶ月かげつはしのげる。

The money will carry us for about a month.

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Example 2

この新車しんしゃは他車たしゃをしのぐだろう。

This new car will put other cars to shame.

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Kanji breakdown

凌

N1

endure; keep (rain)out; stave off; tide over; defy; slight; surpass

On reading
リョウ
Kun reading
しの.ぐ
Radical
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