JLPT N1 · な-adjective

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

  1. predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

広告に関してはコークの方が優位にたっている。
When it comes to advertising, Coke is ahead of the game.

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.

Source: JMdict entry 1539100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.