"最上級" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [sa̠iʑo̞ːkʲɨː] Forms: 最上級 [canonical] (ruby: (さい), (じょう), (きゅう)), saijōkyū [romanization]
Etymology: 最 (“most”) + 上級 (“upper class”) Etymology templates: {{prefix|ja|最|上級|sort=しょうきゅう'|t1=most|t2=upper class}} 最 (“most”) + 上級 (“upper class”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|さいじょうきゅう}} 最(さい)上(じょう)級(きゅう) • (saijōkyū)
  1. luxury
    Sense id: en-最上級-ja-noun-3Ysgwl-k
  2. (grammar) superlative Tags: superlative
    Sense id: en-最上級-ja-noun-s2YIdgqp Categories (other): Grammar, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 最, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Grammar Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 87 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 最: 31 69 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Grammar: 1 99 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 最上級生 senior (saijōkyūsei) (ruby: 最上級生(さいじょうきゅうせい)) (english: at school) Related terms: 比較級: comparative (hikakukyū) (ruby: 比較級(ひかくきゅう)) [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "at school",
      "roman": "saijōkyūsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "最上級生",
          "さいじょうきゅうせい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "最上級生 senior"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "最",
        "3": "上級",
        "sort": "しょうきゅう'",
        "t1": "most",
        "t2": "upper class"
      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "最 (“most”) + 上級 (“upper class”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "最上級",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "最",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "上",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "級",
          "きゅう"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saijōkyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "さいじょうきゅう"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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      ],
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    }
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      ],
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "9 91",
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        }
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      ],
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        ],
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        ]
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "さいじょーきゅう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠iʑo̞ːkʲɨː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "最上級"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms prefixed with 最",
    "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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      "english": "at school",
      "roman": "saijōkyūsei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "最上級生",
          "さいじょうきゅうせい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "最上級生 senior"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "最 (“most”) + 上級 (“upper class”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "最上級",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "最",
          "さい"
        ],
        [
          "上",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "級",
          "きゅう"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
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      "form": "saijōkyū",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "さいじょうきゅう"
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    {
      "roman": "hikakukyū",
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          "比較級",
          "ひかくきゅう"
        ]
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        "grammar",
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
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    }
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        "superlative"
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        "grammar",
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        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "さいじょーきゅう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sa̠iʑo̞ːkʲɨː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "最上級"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 最上級 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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