First-class - Ichiryu

Japanese: 一流 - いちりゅう

〘noun〙① one bloodline. a clan. a certain clan. the same clan. ※Azuma Kagami - August 4, 1180 (Jisho 4) " _This is originally _{the origin} of _{the two} Heike clans." ※Taiheiki (late 14th century) 19 "Both of the generals are master carpenters of the Genji school , whose reputation they cherish." ② one style, school, sect , school of thought. a certain school. The same school. ※Taiheiki (late 14th century) 25 "When the great ceremony was carried out without any action, the first-line sacred texts were burned." ※Kabuki - Kosode Soga Azamiironui (Jurokuya Seishin) (1859) final scene "But she was of the Yaegaki school, and had reached the pinnacle of the first line." [Jinbutsu-shi - Tsukushiki] ③ A first-class position in a certain field. Or a person who occupies that position. First line. A single person. ⇔ Second-rate. *Kanazawa Bunko Komonjo (Old Documents) - March 4, 1330 (Gentoku 2), Kanazawa Sadaaki's letter (1-423) "I lament that he is a first-rate critic." *I Am a Cat (1905-06), Natsume Soseki, Volume 7 "He is a first-rate critic at present." [Seisho Shingo - Shinmo] 4. A way of doing things that is exclusive to a certain person, thing, or school. Special. Unique. *Kanazoshi - Miyako Fuzoku Kan (1681), Volume 4 "The bathhouse is first-rate, and in this way there are high, middle, and low ranks." *I Am a Cat (1905-06), Natsume Soseki, Volume 3 "My wife uses the logic of a first-rate woman to press me." 5. (Also "Ichibaku") A single flag, banner , etc. One-man style. ※Tado Jingu-ji Temple Garan Engi Shizaicho (801) November 3, Enryaku 20th year "14 Obatas. Each is about 100 cm long, and one is white." ⑥ Same. Same category. [Yo-Shichi, New Words of the World]

First-class

〘Noun〙① A single stream. A single river. Also, one school. The same school. ※Zokushui (1278) Shakkyo 1403 "My single stream of the valley will be stopped and let people know that it has never ceased ( Seigen )" ② A single flag or banner. ※Heike (early 13th century) 11 "A single white flag without a master flows down the stream."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① ひとつの血統。一族。ある一族。同じ一族。※吾妻鏡‐治承四年（1180）八月四日「是本自依_レ為_二平家一流氏族_一也」※太平記（１４Ｃ後）一九「大将は何れも名を惜む源氏一流の棟梁(とうりゃう)也」② ひとつの流儀、流派、宗派、学派。ある流派。同じ流派。※太平記（１４Ｃ後）二五「大礼の神事無為(ぶゐ)に行はれば、一流の神書を火に入て」※歌舞伎・小袖曾我薊色縫（十六夜清心）（1859）大詰「然し、きゃつは八重垣流の、一流極めし者なれば」〔人物志‐接識〕③ ある方面での第一等の地位。または、その地位を占めている者。第一流。一人者。⇔二流。※金沢文庫古文書‐（元徳二年）（1330）三月四日・金沢貞顕書状（一・四二三）「一流之仁にて候つるに、歎存候」※吾輩は猫である（1905‐06）〈夏目漱石〉七「現今一流の批評家だ」〔世説新語‐品藻〕④ ある人、物または流派に限られて他にないやり方。特別。独特。※仮名草子・都風俗鑑（1681）四「風呂屋者一流、此風に上中下の品あり」※吾輩は猫である（1905‐06）〈夏目漱石〉三「細君は女人一流の論理法で詰め寄せる」⑤ (「一旒」とも) 旗、幟(のぼり)など一本。ひとながれ。※多度神宮寺伽藍縁起資財帳（801）延暦二〇年一一月三日「小幡壱拾肆旒。各長一丈之中白色一旒」⑥ 同様。同類。〔世説新語‐容止〕