To Pass Through, to Exceed, or to Spend

su-giru, su-gosu, ka

The verb sugiru means to pass through or to exceed. This verb often supports other verbs. For example, “kuruma ga tōrisugiru” means that a car passes through. If you have eaten too much, you can say, “tabesugita.”

While time passes on (toki ga sugiru), we spend time (toki wo sugosu). The verb sugosu means to spend time.

A classical word meaning a passenger is kakaku. Matsuo Bashō began the famous Okuno Hosomichi (A Journey into the northern part of Japan), writing,

“tsuki hi wa (Months and days are)

haku dai no (For a hundred generations)

kakaku (Passengers)

nishite (And)

ikikau toshimo (Years passing by are)

mata (Also)

tabi bito nari.”  (Passengers.)

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