至上(しじょう)

しじょう
noun
supreme; paramount
1. supreme; paramount; highest
The very highest or most important. Almost always used as a modifier before another noun to indicate that something is of the utmost level or importance.
安全(あんぜん)は至上(しじょう)の課題(かだい)だ。
Safety is the paramount concern.
この会社(かいしゃ)では顧客(こきゃく)満足(まんぞく)を至上(しじょう)命令(めいれい)としている。
This company treats customer satisfaction as its supreme directive.
彼(かれ)にとって勝利(しょうり)こそが至上(しじょう)の喜(よろこ)びであり、そのためにすべてを犠牲(ぎせい)にしてきた。
For him, victory was the supreme joy, and he sacrificed everything for it.

Almost always used as a prefix-like modifier before a noun, not as a standalone predicate.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 至上(しじょう)命令(めいれい) (supreme command/directive)
  • 至上(しじょう)の喜(よろこ)び (supreme joy)
  • 至上(しじょう)の目的(もくてき) (supreme objective)
  • 至上(しじょう)主義(しゅぎ) (supremacism — as in a doctrine)

Note the many homophones: 史上(しじょう) (in history), 市場(しじょう) (market), and 試乗(しじょう) (test drive) are all pronounced the same but written with different kanji.

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