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上 kanji
above, up
- JLPT level
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- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
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- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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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
- —上腹部圧迫法Heimlich maneuver
- —民族至上主義(ideology of) ethnic supremacy; racial supremacism
- —自由至上主義libertarianism
- —俎上にのせるto put (a topic) up for debate; to lay on the table for consideration; to take up (a subject) for discussion
- —陸上ホッケーfield hockey
- —上甲状腺動脈superior thyroid artery
- —上行咽頭動脈ascending pharyngeal artery
- —上行口蓋動脈ascending palatine artery
- —上眼瞼形成術blepharoplasty
- —海上幕僚監部Maritime Staff Office
- —上越教育大学Jōetsu University of Education
- —東京海上日動Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance
- —陸上幕僚監部Ground Staff Office
- —上記のことからgiven the above
- —上向きの互換性upward compatibility
- —後発発展途上国least developed countries; LDC
- —意味上の目的語sense object
- —業務上過失致死professional negligence resulting in death
- —磁気浮上式鉄道maglev train
- —錦上花を添えるto crown beauty with even greater glory