勝る (まさる): to excel, to surpass, to out-rival — Japanese vocabulary
勝る is read まさる and means "to excel, to surpass, to out-rival". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
勝る
- Reading
- まさる · masaru
- Translation
- to excel, to surpass, to out-rival
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- まさるがまさるが
Example
それに優ることを思い付かなかった。
それにまさることをおもいつかなかった。
I couldn't think of anything better than that.
Kanji in this word
- 勝 — Victory, Win, Prevail
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