一流

Meaning

1. adj-non
   first-class; first-rate; top-flight; top-ranking; leading; eminent; top
2. adj-non
   characteristic (of); peculiar (to); unique (to)
3. n
   school (e.g. of flower arrangement)
4. n
   one flag; one banner; one streamer

Example sentences

• 彼女はなかなかやるようだが、一流じゃないね。

  She's pretty good at it, but she lacks class.

• 彼は結局は一流の小説家であった。

  After all is said and done, he was a first-rate novelist.

• 彼らはその作家を一流だと思った。

  They looked on the writer as first-rate.