Illustration: At a beginner pottery class, one participant holds up a reasonably neat bowl and tilts their chin high, looking sideways at a neighbor's lopsided creation with a smug little smile. Their free hand casually presents the bowl as though demonstrating an unquestionable advantage.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

優ゆう越えつ感かん

yuuetsukan

sense of superiority

Example sentences

彼かれはテストで一位いちいになり、優越感ゆうえつかんを覚おぼえた。
He felt a sense of superiority after coming first on the test.
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他人たにんを見下みくだして優越感ゆうえつかんに浸ひたるのはよくない。
It’s wrong to look down on others and revel in a sense of superiority.
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彼女かのじょの言いい方かたから優越感ゆうえつかんが伝つたわってきた。
A sense of superiority came through in the way she spoke.
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Kanji in 優越感

優excel; gentleOnユウ・ウKunやさしい・すぐれる・まさる
越surpass; cross overOnエツ・オツKunこす・こえる
感emotion; feelingOnカン

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