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上 うえ (adj-no,n-adv,n,n-suf) above; over; on top of; up; upper part; summit; surface; far better; higher; (in) authority; as far as ... is concerned; besides; after; emperor; sovereign; upon (examination); influence of (liquor); lord; shogun; superior; my dear (father) 59
上 うわ (n,pref) upper; upward; outer; surface; top 59
上 かみ (n) top; head; upper part; upper stream; emperor; a superior; upper part of the body; the above 59
上 しょう upper part; government 59
上 じょう (n,pref,suf) (1) first volume; (2) superior quality; (3) governmental; imperial; top; best; high class; going up; presenting; showing; aboard a ship or vehicle; from the standpoint of; as a matter of (fact) 59
役 えき (n) war; campaign; battle 217
役 やく (n,n-suf) use; service; role; position 217
以上 いじょう (n-adv,n-t) more than; exceeding; greater than; this is all; over; above; and up; beyond; the above-mentioned; since; as long as; the end 225
地上 ちじょう (n) above ground 890
陸上 りくじょう (n) land; ground; shore 1002
上記 じょうき (adj-no,n) above mentioned 1030
向上 こうじょう (n,vs) elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress 1623
上げる あげる (v1) to give; to raise; to elevate; to fly (kites); to praise; to increase; to advance; to promote; to vomit; to usher in; to admit; to send (to school); to offer; to present; to leave with; to finish; to arrange (expenses); to observe; to perform; to quote; to mention; to bear (a child); to improve (talents); to do up (the hair); to arrest; to engage; to fry; (rains) to stop 1635
上り のぼり (n) up-train (going to Tokyo); ascent 1666
史上 しじょう (adj-no,n-adv,n-t) historical 1673
取締役 とりしまりやく (n) company director; board member 1701
役割 やくわり (n) part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties 1728
上野 うえの section of Tokyo 1744
現役 げんえき (n) active duty; active service 1957
上場 じょうじょう (n,vs) listing a stock 2041
海上 かいじょう (n) maritime 2043
上がる あがる (v5r) (1) to enter; to go up; to rise; to climb up; to advance; to appreciate; to be promoted; to improve; to call on; to be offered; to accrue 2089
売上 うりあげ (n) amount sold; proceeds 2109
上位 じょうい (n) superior (rank not class); higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device) 2224
上田 じょうでん (n) high rice field; very fertile rice field 2445
市役所 しやくしょ (n) municipal office; council; city hall 2499
上昇 じょうしょう (n,vs) rising; ascending; climbing 2573
取り上げる とりあげる (v1) to take up; to pick up; to disqualify; to confiscate; to deprive 2704
上下 うえした (n) high and low; up and down; unloading and loading; praising and blaming 2752
上下 かみしも (n) samurai garb; an old ceremonial garb; the government and the people; the upper and the lower parts of the body 2752
上下 しょうか (n) high and low; the government and the people; going up and down 2752
上下 じょうげ (n,vs) high and low; up and down; unloading and loading; praising and blaming 2752
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
川上 かわかみ (n) upper reaches of a river 3474
上海 しゃんはい Shanghai (China) 3524
上部 じょうぶ (n) top part; surface 3675
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
上陸 じょうりく (n,vs) landing; disembarkation 3715
水上 すいじょう (n) aquatic; on the water 3729
水上 みなかみ (n) headwaters; source 3729
上映 じょうえい (n) screen projection 4018
上回る うわまわる (v5r) to exceed 4151
上越 じょうえつ area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata 4288
同上 どうじょう (n) same as above; ditto; ibid. 4658
上級 じょうきゅう (n) advanced level; high grade; senior 4716
上流 じょうりゅう (n) upper stream; upper classes 4835
打ち上げる うちあげる (v1) to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish; to close 4868
北上 ほくじょう (n) going north 4933
上演 じょうえん (n,vs) performance (e.g. music) 5030
役員 やくいん (n) officer; official; executive; staff 5147
役者 やくしゃ (n) actor; actress 5220
子役 こやく (n) dramatic role for child; child actor 5223
売り上げ うりあげ (n) amount sold; proceeds 5228
区役所 くやくしょ (n) ward office; council (regional) 5315
上京 じょうきょう (n,vs) proceeding to the capital (Tokyo) 5348
上院 しょういん (n) Upper House; Senate; Lords 5369
上院 じょういん (n) Upper House; Senate; Lords 5369
上る のぼる (v5r) to rise; to ascend; to be promoted; to go up; to climb; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price); to sail up; to come up (on the agenda) 5483
上方 かみがた (n) Kyoto and vicinity; upper region or part 5536
上方 じょうほう (n) Kyoto and vicinity; upper region or part 5536
役職 やくしょく (n) post; managerial position; official position 5829
退役 たいえき (n,vs) retiring from military service 6177
最上 さいじょう (adj-na,n) best 6326
最上 もがみ (adj-na,n) best 6326
上空 じょうくう (n) sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air 6415
就役 しゅうえき (n,vs) placed in commission; entering servitude 6733
上述 じょうじゅつ (n) above mentioned 6906
上旬 じょうじゅん (n-adv,n-t) first 10 days of month 6922
途上 とじょう (n-adv,n-t) en route; half way 6974
悪役 あくやく (n) villain; baddie; the villain's part 7077
上手い うまい (adj) skillful 7083
懲役 ちょうえき (n) penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor 7083
浮上 ふじょう (n,vs) surfacing; rising to the surface 7285
役目 やくめ (n) duty; business 7422
代役 だいやく (n) important mission; heavy role; substitute actor; stand-in; double 7427
上限 じょうげん (n) upper limit; maximum (in math) 7701
屋上 おくじょう (n) rooftop 7805
作り上げる つくりあげる (v1) to make up; to fabricate; to build up; to complete; to construct 7823
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
上司 じょうし (n) superior authorities; boss 7952
上皇 じょうこう (n) retired emperor 8008
山上 さんじょう (n) mountain top 8178
路上 ろじょう (n) (on the) road; (on the) way 8364
上手 うわて (adj-na,n) (1) upper part; upper stream; left side (of a stage); (2) skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) 8456
上手 かみて (adj-na,n) (1) upper part; upper stream; left side (of a stage); (2) skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) 8456
上手 じょうず (adj-na,n) skill; skillful; dexterity 8456
東上 とうじょう (n) going to Tokyo; going east 8614
引き上げる ひきあげる (v1) to withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire 8806
上層 じょうそう (n) upper stratum (classes, stories) 8826
頂上 ちょうじょう (n) top; summit; peak 8870
格上げ かくあげ (n) status elevation 8941
誌上 しじょう (n) in a magazine 8977
役所 やくしょ (n) government office; public office 9049
持ち上げる もちあげる (v1) to raise; to lift up; to flatter 9284
戦役 せんえき (n) war 9422
上洛 じょうらく (n) proceeding to the capital 9511
艦上 かんじょう (n) aboard a warship 9594
役名 やくめい (n) official title 9638
年上 としうえ (n) older; senior 9659
脇役 わきやく (n) supporting role (actor); minor role 9769
海上保安庁 かいじょうほあんちょう Maritime Safety Agency 9778
返上 へんじょう (n,vs) give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose 9829
炎上 えんじょう (n,vs) blazing up; (building) destruction by fire 9860
上人 しょうにん (n) holy priest; saint 9931
上げ あげ (n,n-suf) rise in price; making a tuck 9949
盛り上がる もりあがる (v5r) to rouse; to swell; to rise 9979
兵役 へいえき (n) military service; conscription 10164
役柄 やくがら (n) role 10179
役務 えきむ (n) labor; service 10187
立ち上がる たちあがる (v5r) to stand up 10187
役に立つ やくにたつ (v5t) to be helpful; to be useful 10197
献上 けんじょう (n,vs) presenting to 10420
読み上げる よみあげる (v1) to read out loud (and clearly); to call a roll 10677
上半身 じょうはんしん (n) upper half of body; bust 10834
仕上げ しあげ (n) end; finishing touches; being finished 10850
役人 やくにん (n) government official 10883
上がり あがり (n,suf) (1) ascent; rise; slope; (2) freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops); (3) advance income; crop yield; (4) death; spinning; completion; stop; finish; (5) after (rain); ex (official, etc.) 10988
盛り上げる もりあげる (v1) to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to bring to a climax; to raise 10996
上皮 うわかわ (n) outer skin; cuticle; epidermis; epithelium; rind; skin 11011
上皮 じょうひ (n) outer skin; cuticle; epidermis; epithelium; rind; skin 11011
上段 じょうだん (n) dais; raised part of floor; place of honor; upper tier (row, step, grade, column of print, berth) 11033
便宜上 べんぎじょう (adv) for convenience; as a matter of convenience 11233
上半期 かみはんき (n) first half of a year 11304
上水道 じょうすいどう (n) waterworks 11351
仕上げる しあげる (v1,vt) to finish up; to complete 11479
上智大学 じょうちだいがく Sophia University (in Tokyo) 11524
出来上がる できあがる (v5r) (1) to be finished; to be ready; by definition; (2) to be very drunk 11695
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
天上 てんじょう (n) the heavens 12283
上告 じょうこく (n,vs) appeal (to the supreme court) 12963
引き上げ ひきあげ (n) pulling up; drawing up; salvage; refloatation; raising 13093
築き上げる きずきあげる (v1) to build up; to establish (one's reputation) 13158
繰り上げる くりあげる (v1) to move up; to advance 13250
一役 いちやく an office; an important office 13439
一役 ひとやく (n) a part to play 13439
助役 じょやく (n) assistant official 13543
持ち上がる もちあがる (v5r) to lift; to happen; to occur; to come up; to turn up 13558
男役 おとこやく (n) male part or role 13595
計上 けいじょう (n,vs) appropriation; summing up 13610
上面 うわつら (n) surface; appearances; top; exterior 13648
上面 じょうめん (n) surface; appearances; top; exterior 13648
荷役 にえき (n) handling cargo; loading and unloading 13716
荷役 にやく (n) handling cargo; loading and unloading 13716
雨上がり あまあがり (io) (n) after the rain 13776
雨上がり あめあがり (io) (n) after the rain 13776
頭上 ずじょう (n) overhead; high in sky 13909
上巻 じょうかん (n) volume one 13937
盛り上がり もりあがり (n) climax; uprush 13970
上戸 じょうご (n) heavy drinker; drinker's habits 14016
左上 ひだりうえ (n) left-upper 14070