上期(かみき)first half of the (fiscal) year

上期(かみき)と下期(しもき)の売(う)り上(あ)げを比(くら)べる。

Compare the sales of the first half of the year with the second half of the year.

上期(かみき)は赤字(あかじ)だったが、下期(しもき)は黒字(くろじ)だった。

The first half of the (fiscal) year was in the red, but the second half was in the black.

一年(いちねん)を二期(にき)に分(わ)けた時(とき)の前半(ぜんはん)六ヶ(ろっか)月(げつ)が上期(かみき)である。

The first six months when a year is divided into two periods is the first half of the (fiscal) year.

一(いち)円(えん)たりとも上期(かみき)の売上(うりあげ)を更新(こうしん)できず、悔(くや)しい限(かぎ)りです。

I couldn't update the sales of the first half of the year by even one yen, and it's extremely frustrating.

社長(しゃちょう)は上期(かみき)の会計(かいけい)を見(み)るや否(いな)や、社員(しゃいん)を削減(さくげん)すると言(い)い出(だ)した。

As soon as the president saw the accounting for the first half of the (fiscal) year, he said he would cut staff.