I Love Kanji優勢 (yuusei)
優勢 (ゆうせい, yuusei) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “superiority; superior power”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ゆうせい
- Romaji
- yuusei
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance · noun, な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 優勢
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 優勢だ | ゆうせいだ yuuseida |
| Present (polite) | 優勢です | ゆうせいです yuuseidesu |
| Negative | 優勢じゃない | ゆうせいじゃない yuuseijanai |
| Past | 優勢だった | ゆうせいだった yuuseidatta |
| Negative past | 優勢じゃなかった | ゆうせいじゃなかった yuuseijanakatta |
| Te-form | 優勢で | ゆうせいで yuuseide |
| Before a noun | 優勢な | ゆうせいな yuuseina |
| Adverb (~ni) | 優勢に | ゆうせいに yuuseini |
Kanji in 優勢
優
tenderness, excel, surpassユウ・ウ・やさ.しい・すぐ.れる · 17 strokes勢
forces, energy, military strengthセイ・ゼイ・いきお.い・はずみ · 13 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 優勢.
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)優位ゆういpredominance優先ゆうせんpreference優美ゆうびgrace優越ゆうえつsupremacy大勢おおぜいcrowd of people勢いいきおいforce姿勢しせいposture
Source: JMdict entry 1539340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.