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二流

Reading

Kana: にりゅう
Romaji: niryū
Kana
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Definition

1

second-rate; inferior

Kanji

Readings: ニ、 ジ、 ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび
Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit

Example Sentences

(かれ)はせいぜい二流(にりゅう)学者(がくしゃ)だ。
➥He is at best a second-rate scholar.
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(かれ)二流(にりゅう)作曲家(さっきょくか)にすぎない。
➥He is nothing but a minor composer.
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それはせいぜい二流(にりゅう)のホテルだ。
➥It is at best a second-rate hotel.
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彼女(かのじょ)はせいぜい二流(にりゅう)歌手(かしゅ)だ。
➥She is a second-rate singer at best.
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(かれ)二流(にりゅう)芸術家(げいじゅつか)にすぎない。
➥He is nothing but a minor artist.
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公平(こうへい)()うと、(わたし)たちは(かれ)二流(にりゅう)音楽家(おんがくか)であると()わねばならない。
➥To do him justice, we must say that he is a minor musician.
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