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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

優ゆう劣れつ

yuuretsu

relative merits

Example sentences

  1. それらの作品さくひんには優劣ゆうれつをつけがたい。

    I can’t tell which work is better than the other.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 左右さゆうの歌うたの優劣ゆうれつを判定はんていして勝敗しょうはいを決きめる。

    A hanja determines which poems are better, the right or the left, and decides the winner and the loser.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 生産地せいさんちや工人こうじんがブランド化かされその優劣ゆうれつが盛さかんに論ろんじられるようになる。

    Their production areas and craftsmen became brands and their relative merits began to be actively discussed.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 優劣

  • 優excel; gentleOnユウ・ウKunやさしい・すぐれる・まさる
  • 劣inferiority; be inferior toOnレツKunおとる

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