凌駕

Word
凌駕
Reading
りょうが
Level
N1
Part of speech
verb
Meaning
surpassing/outstripping
Example

前作を凌駕する作品だ。 It is a work that surpasses the previous one.

Confused with

追い越す (oikosu) is physically overtaking, 凌駕 is abstractly surpassing in quality or ability.

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