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上
[うえ]
ue
noun, noun, used as a suffix, adverb, no adjective
English Meanings:
noun, no adjective, adverb, noun, used as a suffix
- above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
noun
- top; summit; head (e.g. of a staircase)
- surface
noun, no adjective, adverb
- before; previous
noun, no adjective
- superiority; one's superior; one's elder
noun, adverb
- on top of that; besides; what's more; not only ... but (following a verb or adjective)
- upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after) (following a verb or noun)
- matters concerning ...; as concerns ...
- since (i.e. "for that reason") (as ～上は)
noun, used as a suffix
- honorable; venerable (suffix indicating higher social standing than the speaker)
- place of one's superior (e.g. the throne)
- emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo
- noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
上
[うわ]
uwa
noun, prefix
English Meanings:
noun, prefix
- upper; upward; outer; surface; top
English Meanings:
noun
- upper reaches (of a river); upper stream
- top; upper part; upper half (of the body)
- long ago
- beginning; first
- person of high rank (e.g. the emperor)
- government; imperial court
- imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace
- head (of a table)
- wife; mistress (of a restaurant)
上
[じょう]
jou
noun, used as a suffix, noun, prefix
English Meanings:
noun, used as a suffix
- from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
- aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
noun
- first volume (e.g. book)
noun, prefix
- superior quality; best; top; high class
- going up
- governmental; imperial
- presenting; showing
prefix
- ana-
