優位 (yuui)
優位 (ゆうい, yuui) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “predominance; superiority”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ゆうい
- Romaji
- yuui
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy · noun, な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 優位
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 優位だ | ゆういだ yuuida |
| Present (polite) | 優位です | ゆういです yuuidesu |
| Negative | 優位じゃない | ゆういじゃない yuuijanai |
| Past | 優位だった | ゆういだった yuuidatta |
| Negative past | 優位じゃなかった | ゆういじゃなかった yuuijanakatta |
| Te-form | 優位で | ゆういで yuuide |
| Before a noun | 優位な | ゆういな yuuina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 優位に | ゆういに yuuini |
Kanji in 優位
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 優位.
優しいやさしいtender女優じょゆうactress優秀ゆうしゅうsuperior優勝ゆうしょうoverall victory俳優はいゆうactor優れるすぐれるto be better (than)優ゆうExcellent (grade)優勢ゆうせいsuperiority優先ゆうせんpreference優美ゆうびgrace優越ゆうえつsupremacy位くらいthrone位置いちplace単位たんいunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1539100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.