一流， いちりゅう
1. first-class, first-rate, top-flight, top-ranking, leading, eminent, top
2. characteristic (of), peculiar (to), unique (to)
3. school (e.g. of flower arrangement)
4. one flag, one banner, one streamer
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彼女はなかなかやるようだが、一流じゃないね。
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She's pretty good at it, but she lacks class.
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彼は結局は一流の小説家であった。
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After all is said and done, he was a first-rate novelist.
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彼らはその作家を一流だと思った。
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They looked on the writer as first-rate.
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彼は音楽家としては一流ではない。
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He's not in the top grade as a musician.
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一流大学でも楽に入学できたろうに、専門学校に進んだ。
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He would have been able to enter a good university easily if he had tried, but he entered a vocational school instead.
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彼は一流歌手として認められた。
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He was recognized as a first-class singer.
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彼は一流の作家であると言っても過言ではない。
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It is no exaggeration to say that he is a first-rate writer.
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彼は一流の音楽家だ。
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He is a musician of the first rank.
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町の一流のレストランの多くは八月いっぱいは休業する。
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Many of the city's leading restaurants close down for the whole of August.
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一流ホテルの部屋を予約して下さい。
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Please book me a room in a first-class hotel.
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