Vocab Info

N5 Noun, No-adjective, Suffix

(うえ)above, up, over, elder (e.g. daughter)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun, No-adjective

      1.

      above, over, up

    2. Noun

      2.

      top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase)

    3. Noun

      3.

      surface, on (top of)

    4. Noun, No-adjective

      4.

      the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part

    5. No-adjective, Noun

      5.

      superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class)

    6. No-adjective, Noun

      6.

      elder, older, senior

    7. Noun

      7.

      with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk)

      as ...上で(は) or ...上の
    8. Noun

      8.

      besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ...

      as ...上(に)
    9. Noun

      9.

      after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ...

      as ...上(で)
    10. Noun

      10.

      since ..., now that ..., because ...

      as ...上は
    11. Suffix

      11.

      honorable, venerable, dear

      Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language, after a person of higher status,

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    12. Noun

      12.

      emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo

      Archaic

    All Forms

    上 【うえ】

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    Examples

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      (かれ)(うえ)(かい)にいます。

      He is on the upper floor.

      • N5

      (うえ)()てください。

      Please come up.

      • N5

      この部屋(へや)(うえ)には(じつ)両親(りょうしん)()んでいます。

      My actual parents live above this room.

      • N5

      (わたし)(うえ)()(ひき)()()んでいます。

      Two mosquitoes are flying over me.

      • N5

      彼女(かのじょ)(わたし)より二歳(にさい)(うえ)(ひと)だ。

      She is two years older than me.

      • N4
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