一いち流りゅう

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

first-class; first-rate; top-ranking

The common modern sense. Used as a noun or before の to describe a person, organization, skill, service, product, etc. as being among the best.

• 彼かの女じょは一いち流りゅうの料りょう理り人にんだ。

  She is a first-rate chef.

• このホテルはサービスが一いち流りゅうだ。

  This hotel has top-class service.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

characteristic of; peculiar to; unique to

Often appears as someone＋一流の, meaning something done in that person's characteristic or distinctive style. Do not confuse this with the evaluative meaning 'top-class.'

• それは彼かれ一いち流りゅうのやり方かただ。

  That is his characteristic way of doing things.

• 彼かの女じょ一いち流りゅうの皮ひ肉にくで、会かい場じょうの空くう気きが少すこし和やわらいだ。

  Her characteristic sarcasm eased the atmosphere in the room a little.

noun

school; lineage; style tradition

Limited use for a school, style, or lineage in a traditional art such as flower arrangement or tea ceremony. Modern Japanese more commonly says 流派 for this meaning.

• 古ふるい文ぶん脈みゃくでは、華か道どうや茶さ道どうなどの流りゅう派はを一いち流りゅうと呼よぶことがある。

  In older contexts, a school of flower arrangement or tea ceremony may be called 一流.

noun

one flag; one banner; one streamer

Only when written 一流 / 一旒

Rare counting or catalog-style use for a single flag, banner, or streamer; also written 一旒. This is not the ordinary 'first-rate' meaning.

• 古ふるい目もく録ろくの「旗はた一いち旒りゅう」は、旗はたが一ひとつあることを表あらわす。

  The old catalog entry 旗一旒 means that there is one flag.