to overshadow in japanese


As the title say, I want to express the idea of an character overshadowing the
main character in a story. The only thing that I was able to found in the
dictionary was 霞む, but this seems to be more on the sense of "cast a shadow
over" when what I'm looking for is "much more prominent or important than".
What could I use in this case?




霞む has that sense, though relationship is reverse. In short, 主役{しゅやく}が霞む{かすむ}
means that the main character is overshadowed by another character.

If you want the subject to be the one who overshadows, you can say ◯◯が
主役を食う{くう} or use counterparts of to surpass or to
overwhelm（凌駕{りょうが}する・圧倒{あっとう}する）. (You should be careful that aspect of these
verbs is ている form when it's needed)




霞む has that sense, though relationship is reverse. In short, 主役{しゅやく}が霞む{かすむ}
means that the main character is overshadowed by another character.

If you want the subject to be the one who overshadows, you can say ◯◯が
主役を食う{くう} or use counterparts of to surpass or to
overwhelm（凌駕{りょうが}する・圧倒{あっとう}する）. (You should be careful that aspect of these
verbs is ている form when it's needed)

