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秀でる (ひいでる, hiideru) Japanese meaning: excel | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 秀でる · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 秀ひい でる 秀ひい でない Polite 秀ひい でます 秀ひい でません Past polite 秀ひい でました 秀ひい でませんでした Past 秀ひい でた 秀ひい でなかった Te-form 秀ひい でて 秀ひい でないで Desire 秀ひい でたい 秀ひい でたくない Potential 秀ひい でられる also 秀ひい でれる 秀ひい でられない also 秀ひい でれない Passive 秀ひい でられる 秀ひい でられない Causative 秀ひい でさせる 秀ひい でさせない Causative passive 秀ひい でさせられる 秀ひい でさせられない Volitional 秀ひい でよう Polite volitional 秀ひい でましょう Imperative 秀ひい でろ 秀ひい でるな Conditional 秀ひい でれば 秀ひい でなければ Tara conditional 秀ひい でたら 秀ひい でなかったら
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He excels in mathematics.
She has an outstanding talent for languages.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 秀ひい でる to excel at/in (a field, skill, etc.)
額ひたい が 秀ひい でている to have a prominent, well-defined forehead
He has a prominent forehead, which gives an intelligent impression.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 中なか で 秀ひい でる to stand out among a group of people (in some ability)
She stands out among her peers.
Kanji 秀 excel, excellence, beauty Related words· 6 優れる is the general word for being excellent or superior in quality (people or things), while 秀でる specifically highlights a person's outstanding ability in one particular field.
抜きん出る stresses a clear, visible gap over everyone else, whereas 秀でる simply states that someone is notably skilled in an area without emphasizing the size of the gap.
長じる often implies growing into or developing a strength over time, while 秀でる describes the resulting state of being exceptionally good at something.
勝る is used for direct comparison ('A is better than B'), while 秀でる describes standing out in a skill or field without necessarily naming a rival.
Show 2 more 秀でる and 長ける both mean to excel at something, but 秀でる is slightly more literary and often used for artistic or academic talent.
秀でる is a literary word meaning to excel in a particular skill or ability, while 際立つ can describe anything—people, features, or qualities—that stands out from its surroundings.
Written forms 秀ひい でる Usage 96%
ひいでる Usage 4%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing.
Etymology Derived from the classical Japanese verb 秀づ (ひいづ), meaning 'to stand out' or 'to be excellent'. The kanji 秀 carries the meaning of 'excellent' or 'superior'.
