How to say "unparalleled" in Japanese
- 無二むにno-adjectiveCovers the core sense of being without equal: a person, work, or achievement that has no rival. Use it when praising unmatched talent or quality — the direct equivalent of calling something peerless or matchless.
- 不世出ふせいしゅつnounStresses rarity as much as greatness: its like appears in the world only once in a great while. Suited to extraordinary genius or historic stature rather than ordinary comparisons of quality.
- 極まりないきわまりないsuffix, i-adjectiveCovers a different sense: a quality or behaviour carried to an extreme, as in rudeness that knows no bounds. Not for praising someone as peerless — use it only when 'unparalleled' means 'in the extreme'.
Choose 無二 for someone or something with no equal at all, 不世出 for extraordinary figures whose like rarely appears in the world, and 「極まりない」 when a quality such as rudeness is extreme beyond bounds.
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- 無二むにpeerless
- 不世出ふせいしゅつrare
- 極まりないきわまりないextremely
- 無双むそうpeerless
- 並びないならびないunparalleled
- 比類のないひるいのないunparalleled
- 並びなきならびなきunparalleled
- 曠世こうせいunparalleled
- 類いないたぐいないunparalleled
- 無比むひpeerless
- またとないunique
- 又無いまたないunique
- 類のないるいのないunprecedented
- 希代未聞きたいみもんunheard-of
- 類を見ないるいをみないunprecedented
- 比類ないひるいないpeerless
- 類まれたぐいまれrare
- 絶倫ぜつりんmatchless
- 冠たるかんたるbest
- 独歩どっぽunique
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