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ウルトラ (urutora) Japanese meaning: ultra | Kotomora
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This smartphone is ultra high-performance.
Ultraman is a famous Japanese hero.
Usage patterns ウルトラ 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 attached to an adjective to intensify it, meaning 'extremely ~'
This puzzle is ultra difficult.
ウルトラ 〈 物もの 〉 attached to a product or event name to give it an extreme, high-powered image
I heard this store is having an 'ultra sale' this weekend.
Related words 超 is a native Japanese prefix also meaning 'super' or 'ultra' and is far more common in everyday casual speech (超おいしい), while ウルトラ is a loanword prefix that sounds more emphatic or commercial.
極 is a native prefix meaning 'extremely' used in more neutral or formal descriptions (極上, 極寒), whereas ウルトラ is a flashier loanword often used in product names and casual exaggeration.
メガ is another loanword prefix used for casual emphasis (メガ盛り), but it leans toward suggesting large size or quantity, while ウルトラ emphasizes intensity or extremeness more generally.
ウルトラ conveys extreme scale similarly to ハイパー, but is more often used in brand names and pop-culture titles.
Word family ultramarine
ultramodern
ultramarathon
ultranationalism
Etymology Borrowed from English 'ultra', ultimately from Latin 'ultra' meaning 'beyond'.
