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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
- —史上空前unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
- —史上唯一the first in history; only once in history
- —至上要求overriding necessity; absolute requirement; an absolute must
- —上下左右up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
- —上方修正upward adjustment; upward revision
- —上覧相撲match held in front of the Emperor
- —世上万般all the worldly (mundane) matters; everything in this world
- —僭上越権overstepping one's powers (competence, authority); abuse of one's legal authority; acting ultra vires
- —卓上演説after-dinner speech; speech made at a dinner (luncheon)
- —天上天下the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
- —路上強盗mugging; mugger
- —路上生活living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness
- —盗人上戸person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy
- —身上調査examine (investigate into) a person's history
- —身上調書personal information form; dossier on an individual
- —向上進化anagenesis
- —下学上達beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning
- —株価上昇stock price rise
- —洋上投票on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)
- —上流階級upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite