10 strokes
Frequency: 2423
JLPT N1
Grade 9

Meanings

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

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
リョウ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
しの.ぐ

Dictionary

Common Words

Transitive
Godan verb
Freq #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

ょうが
陵駕
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #11610
1

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

凌辱
ょうじょく
~する Verb
Noun
Transitive
Freq #29451
1

insult; affront; disgrace; indignity

2

sexual assault; rape

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.
退屈凌ぎ
いくつしのぎ
Noun
Freq #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.
一時凌ぎ
ちじしのぎ
Noun
~の Adj.
Freq #48423
1

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

のぎ
Noun
Freq #70025
1

Suffix

(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through

2

food offered to attendants of a funeral

雨露を凌ぐ
あめつゆをしのぐ
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #83580
1

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

急場を凌ぐ
きゅうばをしのぐ
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #89579
1

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

ここうをしのぐ
Expression
Godan verb
Freq #95432
1

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

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