Lingaku優れる【すぐれる】
Frequency rank: 2,388.
- to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
Ichidan verb; intransitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
This meaning is used when indicating that someone or something is better than others in a certain skill, quality, or aspect. It implies an exceptional level of performance or capability.
Generated collocations (experimental)
すぐれている優れているto be excellentすぐれた優れたせいか成果excellent resultsすぐれた優れたのうりょく能力superior abilityすぐれる優れるてん点outstanding pointsしつ質がすぐれる優れるto have superior qualityすぐれた優れたぎじゅつ技術superior technologyすぐれた優れたせんしゅ選手excellent athleteすぐれた優れたあいであアイデアbrilliant ideaすぐれている優れているじゅうぎょういん従業員excellent employeeけいけん経験がすぐれる優れるto have superior experience
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
169 results
"Ah ... I'm just not feeling so well" "Really? Are you OK?" "Heh-heh. Actually I'm playing hooky."
2. つまり、いくつかのじゅう銃は、ぼうはつ暴発きごう（たとえば例えばおとされた落とされたとき時きごう）をふせぐ防ぐためにすぐれた優れたあんぜん安全きこう機構をもっています持っていますがそうでないじゅう銃もおおい多いのです。
In short some guns have excellent security systems to prevent accidental firing (e.g. when dropped), others don't.
Our neighbor's ground yields better corn than our own.
It is not enough to read great books once only, however carefully.
The value of a good education cannot be measured in terms of money.
Even a good computer cannot beat you at chess.
Literature reflects human activity as carried on by the best minds.
The greater the genius, the longer it takes the world to find it out and understand it.
It is not too much to say that she is one of the best tennis players in Japan.
She is one of the best ballerinas in the world.
She's a good photographer because she's so observant.