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

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リョウ

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しの.ぐ

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凌ぐTransitiveGodan verbFreq #8000
1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)

Examples
この新車は他車をしのぐだろう。
This new car will put other cars to shame.
この金で何とか1ヶ月はしのげる
The money will carry us for about a month.
2

to pull through; to get over; to survive

3

to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

凌駕ょうが陵駕NounTransitive~する VerbFreq #11610
1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

陵辱凌辱ょうじょくNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #29451
1

insult; affront; disgrace; indignity

2

sexual assault; rape

その場しのぎその場凌ぎのばしのぎNoun~の Adj.Freq #29895
1

stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

Examples
その場しのぎの対策では麻薬中毒問題に切り込むことはできないでしょう。
Stopgap measures won't make a dent in drug addiction.
退屈しのぎ退屈凌ぎいくつしのぎNounFreq #30478
1

killing time; staving off boredom

Examples
この頃私は退屈しのぎに庭造りをしています。
I am gardening these days just to kill time.
一時しのぎ一時凌ぎちじしのぎNoun~の Adj.Freq #48423
1

makeshift; stopgap; temporary expedient; temporary solution; band-aid

凌ぎのぎNounFreq #70025
1

Suffix

(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through

2

food offered to attendants of a funeral

雨露をしのぐ雨露を凌ぐあめつゆをしのぐExpressionGodan verbFreq #83580
1

to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

急場をしのぐ急場を凌ぐきゅうばをしのぐExpressionGodan verbFreq #89579
1

to tide over a difficult situation; to use a stopgap measure in a crisis

糊口を凌ぐここうをしのぐExpressionGodan verbFreq #95432
1

to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth

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