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過ごす

すごす

to spend (time), to pass

Mnemonic

The road, and where 過ぎる is time going past you, this is you doing something with it. A whole Sunday, every hour of it chosen, and sugoi すご with it: すごす.

Worth knowing

過ぎる すぎる is time passing. 過ごす is you passing it, deliberately.

Built from

pass by, exceed
辶 the road radical, going past the turning, and going too far.

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