等とう

noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter

class; rank; order

Used as a noun, suffix, or counter to indicate a grade, rank, or class in a hierarchy. Common in formal contexts like competitions, evaluations, or classifications.

• 彼かれは大たい会かいで二に等とうを取とった。

  He took second class in the competition.

• このホテルは一いっ等とうの評ひょう価かを受うけている。

  This hotel has received a first-class rating.

suffix

et cetera; and the like

Suffix used in formal or written Japanese to mean 'and so on' or 'etc.' Similar to など but more literary. Often attached to nouns.

See also: 等 (など)

• 会かい議ぎには部ぶ長ちょう等とうが出しゅっ席せきした。

  The department head and others attended the meeting.

• 東とう京きょう、大おお阪さか等とうの大だい都と市しでは人じん

prefix

equal; iso-

Prefix used in technical or academic terms to indicate equality or sameness, such as in 等圧線 (isobar) or 等距離 (equidistance). Not productive in everyday speech.

• 天てん気き図ずには等とう圧あつ線せんが描えがかれている。

  Isobars are drawn on the weather map.

• 二に点てん間かんの等とう距きょ離り点てんを求もとめる。

  Find the point equidistant between the two points.