Meaning of 二流(にりゅう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 二流

Kana Reading にりゅう

Romaji niryū

Examples of 二流, にりゅう in a sentence

彼女はせいぜい二流の歌手だ。

She is a second-rate singer at best.
彼は二流の作曲家にすぎない。

He is nothing but a minor composer.
彼は二流の芸術家にすぎない。

He is nothing but a minor artist.
彼はせいぜい二流の学者だ。

He is at best a second-rate scholar.
公平に言うと、私たちは彼が二流音楽家であると言わねばならない。

To do him justice, we must say that he is a minor musician.
それはせいぜい二流のホテルだ。

It is at best a second-rate hotel.

流 JLPT 3

10 strokes

current, a sink, flow, forfeit

On'Yomi: リュウ, ル

Kun'Yomi: なが.れる, なが.れ, なが.す, -なが.す

二 JLPT 5

2 strokes

two, two radical (no.2)

On'Yomi: ニ, ジ

Kun'Yomi: ふた, ふた.つ, ふたた.び

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