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上 kanji
above, up
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
ジョウショウシャン
Kun readings
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
Variant forms
丄Words with 上
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —上陸作戦landing operations
- —路上駐車street parking; on-street parking
- —海上空港seadrome
- —緊急浮上emergency ascent (submarine); emergency surfacing
- —上院議会Senate
- —上場廃止delisting
- —世界陸上World Championships in Athletics
- —路上犯罪street crime
- —最上級生senior (e.g. at school)
- —前頭上位ten highest ranked maegashira wrestlers certain to wrestle against san'yaku ranks
- —上位五番last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
- —幕下上位30 highest ranked makushita wrestlers
- —屋上架屋gilding the lily; adding redundant things
- —蝸牛角上trifling (fight); (a conflict) between small countries
- —一上一下going up and down
- —一筆啓上this will just be a short note; I'm writing to tell you
- —延長線上extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
- —汚名返上clearing one's name; redeeming oneself; restoring one's honor
- —機嫌上戸merry drinker
- —錦上添花adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory