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上層部じょうそうぶNounFreq #9548
1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

上達じょうたつNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #9856
1

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress

Examples
君の英語は上達している。
Your English is improving.
2

Transitive verb

communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

上気じょうきNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #10163
1

flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head

Examples
彼女の顔は誇らしさで赤く上気していた。
She was aflame with pride.
上陸じょうりくNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #10675
1

landing; going ashore; disembarkation

Examples
毎年、日本には台風が上陸します。
Typhoons strike Japan every year.
2

making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

上部じょうぶNoun～の Adj.Freq #10878
1

top part; surface

Examples
上部前方で何かが光っている。
Something is flashing up ahead.
上出来じょうできNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #11520
1

good performance; good work; great success

Examples
上出来でしたね。
You have done a very good job.
上体じょうたいNounFreq #12011
1

upper body

上級生じょうきゅうせいNounFreq #12118
1

student in a higher grade; upperclassman

上げ揚げあげNounFreq #12460
1

Noun, used as a suffix

tuck (e.g. in a dress)

Examples
追い風の時に帆を上げよ。
Hoist your sail when the wind is fair.
2

上げ only

rise (e.g. in price)

上官じょうかんNounFreq #13011
1

superior officer

Examples
少佐は大尉の上官である。
A major is above a captain.
上流じょうりゅうFreq #13638
1

Common noun

upper stream; upper course; upper reaches

Examples
橋の上流に私はボートを見た。
I saw a boat above the bridge.
2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

upstream

3

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

upper classes

上を向くうえをむくExpressionGodan verbFreq #13643
1

to look upward

上の空うわの空うわのそらNoun～な Adj.Freq #13967
1

inattention; absent-mindedness

Examples
君はいつもうわの空だ。
You are always hearing but not listening.
上から目線うえからめせんNounExpressionFreq #14062
1

condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on

上書き上書うわがきNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #14124
1

superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address

2

Computing

overwriting (data, file, etc.)

Examples
あ、上書きしちゃった。
Uh oh, I saved over it.
上々上上上乗じょうじょうNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #14302
1

the very best; excellent; superb

Examples
あなたのことだから上々でしょう。
I hope and I know you did great!
上段じょうだんNounFreq #14351
1

upper tier; upper section; upper deck; upper row; upper step; upper grade; upper berth; top shelf

Examples
直径23m(下段)及び18m(上段)、高さ5ｍの二段式の円墳である。
It is a two level style round burial mound, 23m diameter (lower level), 18m (higher).
2

place of honor; place of honour

3

dais; raised part of floor

4

overhead position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

上質じょうしつNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #14609
1

fine quality

Examples
あのシャツを着てみなさい。上質の綿でできています。
Try on that shirt. It's made of fine cotton.
上限じょうげんNounFreq #15053
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

upper limit

2

Mathematics

supremum

上がりあがり揚がりFreq #15625
1

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

rise; increase; ascent

Examples
道はなだらかな上がりになっていた。
The road climbed gradually.
2

Common noun

income; takings; earnings; proceeds; (crop) yield; return; profit

3

Common noun

completion; end; finish

4

Common noun

end result (e.g. of crafts); how something comes out; finish

Examples
色の上がりがよい。
The color has come out well.
5

Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun

finishing (in a board or card game, etc.)

6

Abbreviation; Common noun

green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant)

7

Suffix

after (rain, illness, etc.)

8

Suffix

ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat); former

上方かみがたNounFreq #15872
1

Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region

上体を起こす上体をおこすじょうたいをおこすExpressionGodan verbFreq #16568
1

to straighten up; to sit upright

上半身を起こすじょうはんしんをおこすExpressionGodan verbFreq #16724
1

to sit up

上手うわてかみてNounFreq #17102
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

upper part

2

かみて only

upper stream; upper course of a river

3

かみて only

right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV)

Examples
妙子は上手から登場して。
Taeko, come on from stage left.
4

うわて only; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

skillful (in comparisons); dexterity

5

うわて only; Sumo

over-arm grip on opponent's belt

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