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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
- —感覚上皮sensory epithelium; neuroepithelium
- —上告理由ground for appeal
- —上皮組織epithelial tissue
- —上級幹部senior executive staff; upper management
- —ネット上on the net; on the Internet; on the web
- —上限価格price ceiling; maximum price
- —半舷上陸half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once
- —海上交通marine traffic; sea traffic
- —上場投信exchange traded fund; ETF
- —上級国民the elite (class)
- —友達以上more than a friend (implies a degree of intimacy)
- —上流家庭good family; better-class home
- —史上最強strongest ever; most powerful in history
- —実力以上beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power
- —至上主義supremacism
- —水上輸送water carriage; water transportation
- —敵前上陸landing in the face of the enemy; opposed landing
- —俎上の魚being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board
- —上皇陛下retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
- —クソ上司asshole boss; arsehole boss