ゆうとうせい
Yuutousei
優等生 (Yuutousei) is a Japanese noun meaning “honor student, honours student, model student, prize pupil”.
Meanings
- nounhonor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
Examples
彼はいわゆる優等生だ。
He is what we call an honour student.
カールが優等生だったはずがない。
Carl cannot have been a model student.
彼女の答えは、優等生的で、面白みに欠けていた。
Her answer was straight out of the textbook - nothing interesting.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).