Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

(sai-, most) +‎ (, above)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(さい)(じょう) (saijō

  1. best
Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

(さい)(じょう) (saijō-na (adnominal (さい)(じょう) (saijō na), adverbial (さい)(じょう) (saijō ni))

  1. best
Inflection edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
もっと > も
Grade: 4
かみ > がみ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

(motto, most) +‎ (kami, the top)

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

()(がみ) (Mogami

  1. Mogami (a town in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname
Derived terms edit

References edit

  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