一いち枚まい上うえ

noun

one step above; a cut above; one better

Idiomatic noun/adjectival phrase meaning someone or something is superior or a notch above another. Often used in comparisons with より or の.

• 彼かれの料りょう理りの腕うではプロより一いち枚まい上うえだ。

  His cooking skills are a cut above the pros'.

• この新しん製せい品ひんは従じゅう来らい品ひんより一いち枚まい上うえの性せい能のうを持もつ。

  This new product has performance that is a notch above the conventional one.