〜この上ない

Formation

N1DegreeFormal/Stiff
Dict. Form
I-adj
こと
この上ない
Dict. Form
Na-adj
な / である
こと
この上ない
この上ない
Noun
この上なく
I-adj
/Na-adj
Variations
この上なく

Meaning

An emphatic expression used to indicate that something has reached its limit and there is nothing superior or more extreme than it.

Examples

第一志望の大学に合格できて、うれしいことこの上ない。

I am extremely happy to have passed the entrance exam for my first-choice university.

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