屈指

Reading

Kana: くっし

Romaji: kusshi

Definition

noun

adj-no

1

leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best

Kanji

屈

Readings: クツ、 かが.む、 かが.める

Meanings: yield, bend, flinch, submit

指

Readings: シ、 ゆび、 さ.す、 -さ.し

Meanings: finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)

Example Sentence

彼女(かのじょ)は日本(にっぽん)で屈指(くっし)の優(すぐ)れたテニスの選手(せんしゅ)であると言(い)っても過言(かごん)ではない。

➥It is not too much to say that she is one of the best tennis players in Japan.