Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 抜ばつ 群ぐん だ X is outstanding/exceptional
His memory is exceptional.
抜ばつ 群ぐん の 〈 物もの 〉 outstanding X
She has an exceptional sense of style.
抜ばつ 群ぐん に 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 exceptionally (adjective)
This ramen is exceptionally delicious.
Kanji 抜 slip out, extract, pull out Related words· 10 優秀 is a formal, often academic or professional word for 'excellent', while 抜群 stresses standing out conspicuously from everyone else.
卓越 is a literary, somewhat stiff word for preeminence in skill or achievement, whereas 抜群 is more colloquial and covers a wider range of qualities.
秀逸 is a bookish word praising the quality of a single work or piece, while 抜群 more broadly means 'far above the rest' and is used in everyday speech too.
抜群 describes something markedly superior to others in the same category, whereas とびきり can also work adverbially to mean 'exceptionally' before an adjective.
Show 6 more Show fewer 抜群 emphasizes standing out far above others in ability or quality, while ピカ一 is a more casual, everyday way to call something the best.
抜群 means 'outstanding, far above the rest' and stresses comparison with others, whereas 最高 simply states something is the best or most enjoyable.
抜群 describes something notably above average among peers, while 無双 claims absolute, unmatched peerlessness.
抜群 is a casual, everyday way to say something is outstanding, while 傑出 is more formal and often used in writing about people's achievements.
抜群 is a common, casual way to say something stands out above the rest, while 超絶 is more formal or literary and implies going beyond ordinary limits entirely.
抜群 emphasizes standing out remarkably from the rest (often used predicatively, 抜群だ ), whereas 屈指 is used attributively (屈指の ) to mark membership in an elite few.
Etymology Compound of 抜 (batsu, 'pull out, extract') and 群 (gun, 'group, crowd'), literally meaning 'pulled out from the crowd', i.e., standing out from the rest.
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