Word Meaning に過ぎない

にすぎない nisuginai

に過ぎない is read as にすぎない (nisuginai) and means no more than.

Meaning

English

  1. no more than
  2. just
  3. only
  4. mere
  5. goes no further than

Reading

Kana

にすぎない

Romaji

nisuginai

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 88245 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

行き過ぎ

いきすぎ

going too far

経過

けいか

transit

過半数

かはんすう

majority

通過

つうか

passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament)

過去

かこ

one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)

過ぎ

すぎ

past

過程

かてい

process

過失

かしつ

fault

過労

かろう

overwork

過ち

あやまち

fault

Example Sentences

10

I am nothing but a poor peasant.

He's also just a politician.

That's just an excuse.

Permanent peace is nothing but an illusion.

She was merely stating a fact.

I've never dated her. It's just friendship.

This problem is only of secondary importance.

Love is nothing more than a temporary hormone imbalance.

Our world is only one small part of the universe.

Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.