越える
こえる
hepburn koeru
to cross over, to exceed (intransitive)
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 山を越えると、小さな村があります。If you cross over the mountain, there is a small village.
- 参加者は千人を越えました。The participants exceeded one thousand.
Collocations
山を越える国境を越える千を越える限界を越える冬を越える
Mnemonic
越える koeru — from 越 (to exceed, to cross): the run radical 走 with 戉 — to run across a line, to go over. Two senses: physically going over (山を越える) and surpassing a number or limit (千を越える). Compare 渡る (to cross, partial-5): 越える has the nuance of going over the top. Its transitive partner is 越す.
Quick check
In 千を越える, what does 越える mean?