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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
事 こと (n) thing; matter; fact; circumstances; business; reason; experience 88
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
事業 じぎょう (n) project; enterprise; business; industry; operations 259
事件 じけん (n) event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal 276
記事 きじ (n) article; news story; report; account 328
地上 ちじょう (n) above ground 890
事務所 じむしょ (n) office 899
事実 じじつ (n-adv,n) fact; truth; reality 947
事故 じこ (n) accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons 991
陸上 りくじょう (n) land; ground; shore 1002
上記 じょうき (adj-no,n) above mentioned 1030
工事 こうじ (n) construction work 1049
刑事 けいじ (n) criminal case; (police) detective 1067
仕事 しごと (adj-no,n) work; occupation; employment 1235
軍事 ぐんじ (n) military affairs 1313
事項 じこう (n) matter; item; facts 1332
仕様 しよう (n) way; method; resource; remedy; (technical) specification 1337
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
上野 うえの section of Tokyo 1744
事務 じむ (n) business; office work 1787
理事 りじ (n) director; board of directors 1990
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
事情 じじょう (n) circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons 2228
上田 じょうでん (n) high rice field; very fertile rice field 2445
出来事 できごと (n) incident; affair; happening; event 2449
上昇 じょうしょう (n,vs) rising; ascending; climbing 2573
事典 じてん (n) cyclopedia; encyclopedia 2599
事態 じたい (n) situation; present state of affairs; circumstances 2605
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
知事 ちじ (n) prefectural governor 2819
行事 ぎょうじ (n) event; function 2876
仕える つかえる (v1) to serve; to work for 3047
川上 かわかみ (n) upper reaches of a river 3474
上海 しゃんはい Shanghai (China) 3524
事例 じれい (n) example; precedent 3660
上部 じょうぶ (n) top part; surface 3675
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
従事 じゅうじ (n,vs) engaging; pursuing; following 3912
上映 じょうえい (n) screen projection 4018
上回る うわまわる (v5r) to exceed 4151
事前 じぜん (adj-no,n) prior; beforehand; in advance 4230
食事 しょくじ (n,vs) meal 4265
上越 じょうえつ area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata 4288
見事 みごと (adj-na,n) splendid; magnificent; beautiful; admirable 4533
幹事 かんじ (n,vs,exp) executive secretary; coordinator; arranging 4651
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
祭事 さいじ (n) festival; rites; ritual 4915
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
師事 しじ (n,vs) study under; looking up; apprentice oneself 5032
県知事 けんちじ (n) prefectural governor 5048
売り上げ うりあげ (n) amount sold; proceeds 5228
仕組み しくみ (n,vs) (1) structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; (2) plan; plot; contrivance 5291
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
民事 みんじ (n) civil affairs; civil case 5512
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
人事 じんじ (n) personnel affairs; human affairs 5610
人事 ひとごと (n) other's affairs 5610
仕掛ける しかける (v1) to commence; to lay (mines); to set (traps); to wage (war); to challenge 5850
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
仕方 しかた (n) way; method; means; resource; course 6609
検事 けんじ (n) public prosecutor 6666
無事 ぶじ (adj-na,n) safety; peace; quietness 6696
当事者 とうじしゃ (n) person concerned; interested party 6713
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
上手い うまい (adj) skillful 7083
浮上 ふじょう (n,vs) surfacing; rising to the surface 7285
判事 はんじ (n) judge; judiciary 7413
大事 おおごと (adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter 7511
大事 だいじ (adj-na,n) important; valuable; serious matter 7511
事象 じしょう (n) phenomenon; matter 7576
上限 じょうげん (n) upper limit; maximum (in math) 7701
商事 しょうじ (n) commercial affairs 7739
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
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
古事記 こじき (n) Japan's Ancient Chronicle 8234
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
事務次官 じむじかん (n) permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister 8809
上層 じょうそう (n) upper stratum (classes, stories) 8826
事物 じぶつ (n) things; affairs 8839
頂上 ちょうじょう (n) top; summit; peak 8870
不祥事 ふしょうじ (n) scandal; deplorable event 8870
事柄 ことがら (n) matter; thing; affair; circumstance 8876
仕掛け しかけ (n) device; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge 8906
格上げ かくあげ (n) status elevation 8941
誌上 しじょう (n) in a magazine 8977
家事 かじ (n) housework; domestic chores 9249
物事 ものごと (n) things; everything 9249
持ち上げる もちあげる (v1) to raise; to lift up; to flatter 9284
事変 じへん (n) accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency 9293
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
年上 としうえ (n) older; senior 9659
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
奉仕 ほうし (n) attendance; service 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
議事堂 ぎじどう (n) Diet building 10037
立ち上がる たちあがる (v5r) to stand up 10187
執事 しつじ (n) steward; butler; court official; deacon 10387
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
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
返事 へんじ (n,vs) reply; answer 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