最上級

Japanese
Kanji in this term
最 上 級
さい
Grade: 4		 じょう
Grade: 1		 きゅう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

最 (“most”) +‎ 上級 (“upper class”)

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) さいじょ​ーきゅう [sàíjóꜜòkyùù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
    • IPA(key): [sa̠iʑo̞ːkʲɨᵝː]

    Noun

    最(さい)上(じょう)級(きゅう) • (saijōkyū) 

    1. luxury
    2. (grammar) superlative

    Derived terms
    • 最上級生(さいじょうきゅうせい) (saijōkyūsei) senior (at school)

    See also

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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