優 （ユウ） Excellent (grade), A, superiority, excellence, gentle, graceful, elegant, skillful

優位 （ユウイ） predominance, superiority, ascendancy, advantage, supremacy

声優 （セイユウ） voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)

怪優 （カイユウ） actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance

優曇華 （ウドンゲ） udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata), something very rare (from the legend that the udumbara flowers once in 3000 years), Japanese fiber banana flower, green lacewing eggs

優婆夷 （ウバイ） upasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)

声優 （セイユウ） voice actor or actress (radio, animation, etc.)

怪優 （カイユウ） actor or performer with fascinating acting and appearance

優しい （やさしい） tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable

優しい声 （やさしいこえ） soft voice

優れる （すぐれる） to be better (than), to be superior, to surpass, to excel, to be excellent

勝る （まさる） to excel, to surpass, to exceed, to have an edge, to be superior, to outrival, to outweigh, to preponderate

優るとも劣らない （まさるともおとらない） not at all inferior to, rival or surpass, compare favorably (with)