飲み過ぎ

のみすぎ

Also written 飲みすぎ, 飲過ぎ

Meanings

1. Noun overdrinking; excessive drinking

Kanji

• 飲 drink. Read as のみ.
• 過 pass. Read as すぎる.

Example sentences

• 食べ過ぎは健康に悪い。
  Eating too much is bad for the health.
• 彼の病気は食べ過ぎが原因だった。
  His illness resulted from eating too much.
• 彼は食べ過ぎで亡くなった。
  He died from eating too much.
• アイスクリームとスパゲッティの食べ過ぎはダメだよ。
  You mustn't eat too much ice cream and spaghetti.
• 酒は百薬の長というが、飲み過ぎは体に毒だ。
  They say that alcohol is the best medicine, but drinking too much is poisonous to the body.

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