I Love Kanji優秀 (yuushuu)
優秀 (ゆうしゅう, yuushuu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “superior; excellent”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ゆうしゅう
- Romaji
- yuushuu
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding · な-adjective, noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 優秀
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 優秀だ | ゆうしゅうだ yuushuuda |
| Present (polite) | 優秀です | ゆうしゅうです yuushuudesu |
| Negative | 優秀じゃない | ゆうしゅうじゃない yuushuujanai |
| Past | 優秀だった | ゆうしゅうだった yuushuudatta |
| Negative past | 優秀じゃなかった | ゆうしゅうじゃなかった yuushuujanakatta |
| Te-form | 優秀で | ゆうしゅうで yuushuude |
| Before a noun | 優秀な | ゆうしゅうな yuushuuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 優秀に | ゆうしゅうに yuushuuni |
Kanji in 優秀
優
tenderness, excel, surpassユウ・ウ・やさ.しい・すぐ.れる · 17 strokes秀
excel, excellence, beautyシュウ・ひい.でる · 7 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 優秀.
優しいやさしいtender女優じょゆうactress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)優位ゆういpredominance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
Source: JMdict entry 1539230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.