GRAMMAR DETAIL

すぎる

too; excessively

Follows a verb stem or adjective stem to indicate that an action or quality exceeds an appropriate degree.

Examples

この荷物は一人で運ぶには重すぎる。

This luggage is too heavy for one person to carry.

この道は夜になると暗すぎて危ない。

This road gets too dark at night and is dangerous.

Structure: A verb's ます stem or an adjective stem takes すぎる.
Basic usage: 一人で運ぶには重すぎる means that the weight is excessive for one person to carry.

Very and excessively
- とても重い expresses a high degree of weight; 重すぎる expresses excess relative to a purpose or standard. The threshold depends on the situation.
Inflecting the final すぎる
- 食べすぎた places excessive eating in the past, while 暗すぎて危ない links excessive darkness to the following judgment. Inflect the final すぎる rather than the first verb or adjective.