超絶

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
ちょう
Grade: S
ぜつ
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spelling
超絕 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

/teuzetu//t͡ɕʲoːzet͡su/

From Middle Chinese compound 超絕 (MC trhjew dzjwet, literally “to surpass + to cut off”). Compare modern Mandarin reading chāojué.

Pronunciation

Adjective

(ちょう)(ぜつ) (chōzetsuてうぜつ (teuzetu)?-na (adnominal (ちょう)(ぜつ) (chōzetsu na), adverbial (ちょう)(ぜつ) (chōzetsu ni))

  1. transcendent, outstanding, excellent

Usage notes

The use of this term as an adjective appears to be a relatively recent development. Many Japanese dictionaries do not list any adjectival senses for this term.

Inflection

Noun

(ちょう)(ぜつ) (chōzetsuてうぜつ (teuzetu)?

  1. transcendence, excellence

Verb

(ちょう)(ぜつ)する (chōzetsu suruてうぜつ (teuzetu)?suru (stem (ちょう)(ぜつ) (chōzetsu shi), past (ちょう)(ぜつ)した (chōzetsu shita))

  1. to transcend, to stand out, to excel

Usage notes

The verb phrase is often used to modify a noun as an adjectival phrase, in both its present and perfective conjugations.

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN