最上

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
さい
Grade: 4
じょう
Grade: 1

(sai-, most) + (, above)

Pronunciation

Noun

最上 (hiragana さいじょう, rōmaji saijō)

  1. best
Derived terms

Adjectival noun

最上 (-na inflection, hiragana さいじょう, rōmaji saijō)

  1. best
Inflection

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
かみ > がみ
Grade: 1

(motto, most) + (kami, the top)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

最上 (hiragana もがみ, rōmaji Mogami)

  1. A town in Yamagata prefecture, Japan
  2. A surname.
Derived terms

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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