最上級

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

最 (“most”) +‎ 上級 (“upper class”)

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

最(さい)上(じょう)級(きゅう) • (saijōkyū)

luxury
(grammar) superlative

Derived terms edit

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

See also edit

比較級(ひかくきゅう) (hikakukyū): (grammar) comparative

References edit

^ 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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