How to say "supreme" in Japanese

• 最高さいこうJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers 'supreme' in the general sense of 'best' or 'finest', and is the only one of the two that also covers 'wonderful'; typical when you are praising a meal or a performance as simply the best.
  彼かれは現存げんそんする最高さいこうの芸術家げいじゅつかである。↗

  He is the greatest living artist.
• 最上さいじょうCommon
  no-adjectiveMatches 'supreme' when it means the finest of its kind; its 'highest' sense is specifically about quality. It has no 'wonderful' sense, so delighted, exclamatory uses of 'supreme' call for 最高 instead.
  最後さいごに笑わらう者ものの笑わらいが最上さいじょう。↗

  He laughs best who laughs last.

The two overlap heavily, since both mean 'best, finest, supreme'; choose 最高 when 'supreme' shades into 'wonderful' — delighted praise — and 最上 when it stresses the finest, highest quality of something.

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• 最高さいこうbest
• 至高しこうsupreme
• 無上むじょうsupreme
• シュプリームsupreme
• 最＆高さいアンドこうbest
• この上ないこのうえないthe most
• 最上さいじょうbest