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The Japanese word

すぎる

is pronounced
~sugiru | ~すぎる
means
over, too much
Examples:
遅すぎる。
oso sugiru.
Too late. | It's too late.
値段が高すぎる!
nedan ga taka sugiru!
It's too expensive! | The price is too high. | It is too expensive.
話がうますぎるよ。
hanashi ga uma sugiru yo.
That's too good to be true.
用心しすぎることはない。
yōjin shi sugiru koto wa nai.
Much caution does no harm.
料理にあまりに時間がかかりすぎる。
ryōri ni amarini jikan ga kakari sugiru.
Cooking takes up too much time. | Cooking takes too much time.
やらなければならない事がありすぎる!
yara nakere ba nara nai koto ga ari sugiru!
There are too many things to do!
要するに彼らは若すぎるということだ。
yōsuruni karera wa waka sugiru toyū koto da.
The point is they're too young.
料理人が多すぎるとスープができそこなう。
ryōri jin ga ō sugiru to sūpu ga deki sokonau.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
靴が小さすぎるから新しいのを買う必要があるな。
kutsu ga chīsa sugiru kara atarashī no o kau hitsuyō ga aru na.
My shoes are too small. I need new ones.
まあ、過ちを改めるに遅すぎるということはない。
mā, ayamachi o aratameru ni oso sugiru toyū koto wa nai.
Well, there's no such thing as being too late to correct one's faults.
話が合いすぎるので、かえって何か怪しいと思った。
hanashi ga ai sugiru node, kaette nani ka ayashī to omotta.
The story was too pat and I got rather suspicious.
友達を選ぶ時はいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。
tomodachi o erabu toki wa ikura chūi shi te mo shi sugiru koto wa nai.
You cannot be too careful in choosing your friends.
両親に対してはどんなに優しくしてもしすぎることはない。
ryōshin nitaishite wa donnani yasashiku shi te mo shi sugiru koto wa nai.
You cannot be too good to your parents.
仕事が忙しすぎるのも考えものだけど、時間が余るのもなぁ。
shigoto ga isogashi sugiru no mo kangaemono da kedo, jikan ga amaru no mo nā.
Being too busy with work is a problem, but then so is having too much free time.
両親に対してはどんなにやさしくてもやさしすぎることはない。
ryōshin nitaishite wa donnani yasashiku te mo yasashi sugiru koto wa nai.
You cannot be too good to your parents.
しかし回収時間が早すぎるため、ゴミの日に出すことが難しいです。
shikashi kaishū jikan ga haya sugiru tame, gomi no hi ni dasu koto ga muzukashī desu.
Moreover it's difficult to get rubbish out for garbage day because the collection time is too early.
「ちょっとカタいかな~」「カタい?」「粘度が高すぎるってことさ」.
' chotto kata ika na ~ ' ' kata i? ' ' neba tabi ga taka sugiru tte koto sa '
"Might be a bit stiff..." "Stiff?" "I mean the viscosity is too high.".
貧しい人とはほんのわずかしか持っていない人ではなく欲のありすぎる人である。
mazushī hito to wa honno wazuka shika motte i nai hito de wa naku yoku no ari sugiru hito de aru.
Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.
入学して1か月・・・まだ一人も友達がいないってのはやばすぎる。このままじゃ中学の二の舞だ!!
nyūgaku shi te ichi kagetsu . . . mada ichi nin mo tomodachi ga i nai tte no wa yaba sugiru. kono mama ja chūgaku no ninomai da!!
One month since entering high school ... not a single friend yet. That's really terrible, at this rate it will be middle-school all over again!!
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org