凌ぐ

しのぐ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)
2. to pull through; to get over; to survive
3. to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

Kanji

• 凌 endure; keep (rain)out; stave off. Read as しのぐ.

Example sentences

• 雨露を十分しのげるように、ペンキを二回塗るべきだ。
  We should lay on a second coat of paint for better protection against the weather.
• それは急ごしらえではあったが、当座をしのぐには充分事足りた。
  It was hastily put together, but it worked for the time being.

Common phrases

• ピンチをしのぐ
• 糊口を凌ぐ (ここうをしのぐ) to eke out a living
• 寒さをしのぐ
• 飢えを凌ぐ
• 暑さをしのぐ
• 攻撃を凌ぐ
• 猛攻を凌ぐ
• 雨をしのぐ
• その場を凌ぐ
• 雨風をしのぐ

Words containing 凌ぐ

• 凌ぎ場 (しのぎば) shelter

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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