勉強 / 単語 / 上

うえ うわ かみ じょう

  • above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter) n adj-no n-adv n-suf
  • top; summit; head (e.g. of a staircase) n
  • surface n
  • before; previous n adj-no n-adv
  • superiority; one's superior; one's elder n adj-no
  • on top of that; besides; what's more; not only ... but n-adv
  • upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after) n-adv
  • matters concerning ...; as concerns ... n-adv
  • since (i.e. "for that reason") n-adv
  • honorable; venerable n-suf hon
  • place of one's superior (e.g. the throne) n-suf arch
  • emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo n-suf arch
  • noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) n-suf arch
  • upper; upward; outer; surface; top n pref
  • upper reaches (of a river); upper stream n
  • top; upper part; upper half (of the body) n
  • long ago n
  • beginning; first n
  • person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) n hon
  • government; imperial court n
  • imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace n
  • head (of a table) n
  • wife; mistress (of a restaurant) n hon
  • from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of n-suf
  • aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above n-suf
  • first volume (e.g. book) n
  • superior quality; best; top; high class n pref
  • going up n pref
  • governmental; imperial n pref
  • presenting; showing n pref
  • ana- pref med biol
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Kanji

ジョウ • ショウ • シャン

うえ • -うえ • うわ- • かみ • あ.げる • -あ.げる • あ.がる • -あ.がる • あ.がり • -あ.がり • のぼ.る • のぼ.り • のぼ.せる • のぼ.す • たてまつ.る

above; up

Grade Level 1

3 Strokes

Synonyms

父上

ちちうえ

  • father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period) n pol
Advanced

御上

おかみ

  • the Emperor; His Majesty n hon
  • the government; the authorities n hon
  • proprietress; hostess; landlady; mistress n
  • your wife; his wife n hon arch
  • (one's) master; lord n hon arch
Advanced

上方

かみがた じょうほう

  • Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region n adj-no
  • upper part; upper region n
Advanced

した もと しも

  • below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) n
  • bottom n
  • beneath; underneath n
  • just after; right after n
  • inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior) n adj-no
  • trade-in n
  • preliminary; preparatory n-pref
  • under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.) n
  • under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath n
  • with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); in (e.g. the name of) n
  • (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location n
  • lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority n
  • second volume (of two); third volume (of three) n
  • lower reaches (of a river) n
  • bottom; lower part n
  • lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses n
  • end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan) n
  • dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.) adj-no
  • under (being in said condition or environment) suf adj-no
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上巻

じょうかん

  • first volume (in set); volume one; book one n
Advanced

Antonyms

した もと しも

  • below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter) n
  • bottom n
  • beneath; underneath n
  • just after; right after n
  • inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior) n adj-no
  • trade-in n
  • preliminary; preparatory n-pref
  • under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.) n
  • under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath n
  • with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); in (e.g. the name of) n
  • (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location n
  • lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority n
  • second volume (of two); third volume (of three) n
  • lower reaches (of a river) n
  • bottom; lower part n
  • lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); urine; menses n
  • end; far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan) n
  • dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.) adj-no
  • under (being in said condition or environment) suf adj-no
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