Kanji 越 Words: Meanings and Readings

越す

こす

to get over (e.g. hardship)

超える

こえる

to exceed

引越

ひっこし

moving (dwelling, office, etc.)

乗り越し

のりこし

riding past (one's station)

乗りこえる

のりこえる

to surpass (a predecessor)

引き越す

ひきこす

to move (house)

越年

えつねん

playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game

優越感

ゆうえつかん

superiority complex

超越

ちょうえつ

transcendence

追いこす

おいこす

to pass (e.g. car)

とりこし苦労

とりこしくろう

overanxiety

呉越同舟

ごえつどうしゅう

bitter enemies in the same boat

越権

えっけん

going beyond authority

勝越し

かちこし

having more wins than losses

もち越す

もちこす

to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.)

上越

じょうえつ

area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

乗越す

のりこす

to climb over

越し

ごし

throughout (a period of time)

中越

ちゅうえつ

Chūetsu (region in Niigata)

越境

えっきょう

crossing a border (illegally)

越後

えちご

Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)

勝越す

かちこす

to take the lead (in points, goals, etc. during a match)

落度

おちど

mistake

越冬

えっとう

passing the winter

卓越

たくえつ

preeminence

負け越し

まけこし

having more losses than wins

優越

ゆうえつ

supremacy

通りこす

とおりこす

to go past (a place or thing)

見越す

みこす

to anticipate

追越

おいこし

passing

窓ごし

まどごし

viewing through a window

年越

としこし

greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve)

繰り越

くりこし

balance brought forward

跳び越す

とびこす

to leap over

跳び越える

とびこえる

to fly over

お越し

おこし

coming

お越しになる

おこしになる

to come

ガラス越し

ガラスごし

through glass

キャパ越え

キャパごえ

exceeding capacity

に超したことはない

にこしたことはない

it's best to

のどごしが良い

のどごしがいい

going down smoothly (esp. of beer)

のど越し

のどごし

feeling of food or drink going down the throat

のど越しのいい

のどごしのいい

going down smoothly (esp. of beer)

のりこし精算

のりこしせいさん

adjusting one's fare for riding past one's destination

ふすま越し

ふすまごし

through a fusuma

まかり越す

まかりこす

to go to

またお越しくださいませ

またおこしくださいませ

please come again

めがね越し

めがねごし

(looking) over the top of one's glasses

もう一声

もうひとこえ

a bit lower (price)

一越縮緬

ひとこしちりめん

crepe with fine wrinkles

一山越す

ひとやまこす

to go over the hump

一線を超える

いっせんをこえる

to cross the line

壱越

いちこつ

fundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D)

壱越調

いちこちちょう

ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

引っ越し屋

ひっこしや

removalist

引っ越し祝い

ひっこしいわい

housewarming gift

引っ越し先

ひっこしさき

destination of a move

引っ越し貧乏

ひっこしびんぼう

poverty caused by the high costs of (repetitive) moving

引越し蕎麦

ひっこしそば

soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in

越え

ごえ

(crossing) over ...

越幾斯

エキス

extract (of plants, meat, etc.)

越僑

えっきょう

overseas Vietnamese

越境入学

えっきょうにゅうがく

gaining admission into a school in a school district other than one's own

越権行為

えっけんこうい

exceeding one's authority

越権代理

えっけんだいり

unauthorized proxy

越後屋

えちごや

Echigoya

越後獅子

えちごじし

street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

越後兎

えちごうさぎ

Lepus brachyurus lyoni (subspecies of Japanese hare)

越語

えつご

Vietnamese (language)

越光

こしひかり

Koshihikari (variety of rice)

越国

こしのくに

Koshi (former province located in present-day Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata prefectures; later split into Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo)

越州

えっしゅう

Esshū (the three former provinces of Echizen, Etchū and Echigo)

越前

えちぜん

Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)

越前水母

えちぜんくらげ

Nomura's jellyfish (Nemopilema nomurai)

越訴

えっそ

appeal made directly to a senior official without going through formalities

越中

えっちゅう

Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)

越中ふんどし

えっちゅうふんどし

string loincloth

越虫貝

えっちゅうばい

finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)

越天楽

えてんらく

Etenraku (Japanese court music composition)

越冬資金

えっとうしきん

winter bonus

越冬隊

えっとうたい

wintering party (team)

越冬地

えっとうち

wintering spot (e.g. of a migrating bird)

越南

えつなん

Vietnam

越南語

えつなんご

Vietnamese (language)

越年生植物

えつねんせいしょくぶつ

winter annual

越年草

えつねんそう

winter annual

越年蝶

おつねんちょう

eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)

越波

えっぱ

wave overtopping

越流

えつりゅう

overflow

夏越し

なつごし

keeping over the summer

過ぎ越し

すぎこし

Easter

過ぎ越しの祭

すぎこしのまつり

Passover

画面越し

がめんごし

through a (computer, etc.) screen

垣根越し

かきねごし

back-fence

垣根越しに見る

かきねごしにみる

to look over the fence

株式会社不二越

かぶしきがいしゃふじこし

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation

漢越音

かんえつおん

Vietnamese reading (of Chinese characters)

漢越語

かんえつご

Sino-Vietnamese word

寄越す

よこす

to hand over (e.g. money)

宮越商事

みやこししょうじ

Miyakoshi Corporation