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超 - N2 Kanji

Meaning of 超 意味

transcend, super-, ultra-

超 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

こ.える ko.eru
こ.す ko.su

KUNYOMI 訓読み

チョウ chou

Examples

超高速がコンコルド機の特徴だ。Great speed is a feature of the Concorde.
超高圧水の噴射により、ほとんどの詰まりが排除される。By means of a super high-pressure water spray practically all the sediment is removed.
超年老いた夫婦が、結婚75周年を祝して豪華な夕食を食べていた。A very elderly couple is having an elegant dinner to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.
はい、今度はこれね!これとこれの組み合わせなんて超いけてるかも!OK, this next! The combination of this and this might be way sexy!
欧州を参考にしつつ、超高齢化社会への政策対応、「経済大国」から「生活大国」への転換を21世紀に向けて日本はしていかねばならない。Learning lessons from Europe, Japan has to switch its economic-oriented policy to a consumer-conscious one, in order to cope with the coming unprecedented aging society towards the 21st century.
そして、こうしたものからほんのわずかしか隔たっていない知覚が、直接的な信号がまったくないのにおこる、「超感覚的な」というレッテルを付けざるを得ない知覚なのである。And it is only a very short step from there, to perception which occurs in the absence of all immediate signals and has to be labeled extrasensory.

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