見み過すごす

み

す

ご

す

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

overlook; miss; let pass

Used both for unintentionally failing to notice something (a mistake, a detail) and for deliberately choosing to ignore or let something slide. The context usually makes the intent clear.

小ちいさなミスを見み過すごしてしまった。
I accidentally overlooked a small mistake.
彼かれの失

しつ

礼れい

な

態たい

度ど

は

見み

過す

ごせ

ない

。

I can't let his rude attitude pass.

Written forms

見み過すごすUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
見過すみすごすUsage6%
Variant spelling without the okurigana ご; less common but still encountered.
みすごすUsage2%

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
過overdo, exceed, go beyond

Similar words

見み逃のがす
見逃す also means 'to miss' or 'to overlook', but it often carries a stronger nuance of letting an opportunity slip by or intentionally turning a blind eye, whereas 見過ごす can be more neutral about noticing a detail.
無む視しする
無視する means 'to ignore' deliberately and actively, while 見過ごす can be either accidental or a passive decision not to act.

Etymology

Compound of 見る (to see) + 過ごす (to pass, to let go by). The literal sense is 'to see and let pass', which developed into both accidental overlooking and deliberate ignoring.