N21008/1725

目め上うえ

nounnoun (generic)

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めうえ

Meanings

superior, superiors, senior

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Example sentences

目上めうえの人ひとには敬語けいごを使つかうべきだ。

You should use polite language with your superiors.

彼女かのじょは目上めうえの人ひとへの接せっし方かたがとても上手じょうずだ。

She is very good at dealing with people senior to her.

目上めうえの方かたに対たいして失礼しつれいな態度たいどをとってはいけない。

You must not behave rudely toward your superiors.

日本にほんでは目上めうえの人ひとを尊重そんちょうする文化ぶんかが根付ねづいている。

In Japan, a culture of respecting one's superiors is deeply rooted.

社会しゃかいに出でたら、目上めうえの人ひととの適切てきせつなコミュニケーションが求もとめられる。

Once you enter society, appropriate communication with your superiors is required of you.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)