Meaning of 優等 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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優等
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Kana Readingゆうとう
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Romajiyūtō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- (academic) excellence; superiority
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Example Sentences
優等, ゆうとう used in context
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She graduated with honors.
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He graduated from a senior high school with honors.
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He graduated from Harvard University with honors.
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He won the prize for excellence in all subjects.
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He graduated from Cambridge with honors.
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He graduated from Yale with honors in 1921.
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Kanji found in this word
etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
On: トウ
Kun: ひと.しい, など, -ら
12 strokes
tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
On: ユウ, ウ
Kun: やさ.しい, すぐ.れる, まさ.る
17 strokes
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