原げん級きゅう

noun

former grade; previous rank

Used when referring to a grade or rank someone held before, such as in school or a job. Not a grammar term.

• 彼かれは原げん級きゅうにとどまった。

  He stayed in his former grade.

noun

positive degree; positive form

Grammar term for the base form of an adjective or adverb, as opposed to comparative or superlative. Technical use in linguistics.

• 英えい語ごの形けい容よう詞しには原げん級きゅう、比ひ較かく級きゅう、最さい上じょう級きゅうがある。

  English adjectives have positive, comparative, and superlative degrees.