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積み過ぎる (つみすぎる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
overload ; pile too much on
Used when loading or piling things onto something beyond a reasonable or safe limit. Often implies a physical load, but can be used figuratively for tasks or responsibilities.
つ
み
過す
ぎ
て
、
体からだ
を
壊こわ
し
て
しまう
。
He always piles on too much work and ends up ruining his health.
Written forms 積つ み 過す ぎる
Standard kanji spelling using 過ぎる for 'excessively'.
積つ みすぎる
Variant with すぎる in kana; common in informal writing.
Kanji 積 volume, product (x*y), acreage 過 overdo, exceed, go beyond Similar words 積つ む 積む means 'to pile up' or 'to load' without the excessive nuance. 積み過ぎる adds 過ぎる to express doing it too much.
過す ぎる 過ぎる is a suffix meaning 'to exceed' or 'to be too much'. 積み過ぎる is a compound verb combining 積む and 過ぎる.
Etymology Compound of 積む (tsumu, 'to pile up, load') and 過ぎる (sugiru, 'to exceed, be too much'). The verb stem 積み attaches to 過ぎる to form an ichidan verb meaning 'to pile/load too much'.
