Meaning
二流 (にりゅう, niryuu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “second-rate, second-class”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
彼はまだまだ二流の芸人だね。
He's still a second-rate performer.
彼はせいぜい二流作家だ.
He's at (the) best a second‐rate writer.
彼はせいぜい二流の学者だ。
He is at best a second-rate scholar.
彼女はせいぜい二流の歌手だ。
She is a second-rate singer at best.
彼は二流の作曲家にすぎない。
He is nothing but a minor composer.
彼は二流の芸術家にすぎない。
He is nothing but a minor artist.
彼は今日の文壇で二流作家だ.
He's a minor talent in contemporary writing.
それはせいぜい二流のホテルだ。
It is at best a second-rate hotel.
公平に言うと、私たちは彼が二流音楽家であると言わねばならない。
To do him justice, we must say that he is a minor musician.