Kanji: 上

    • Meaning : above,up
    • ON reading : ジョウ,ショウ,シャン
    • KUN reading : うえ,-うえ,うわ-,かみ,あ.げる,-あ.げる,あ.がる,-あ.がる,あ.がり,-あ.がり,のぼ.る,のぼ.り,のぼ.せる,のぼ.す,よ.す
    • Nanori : あおい,あげ,い,か,かき,かず,かん,こう,のぼり,ほつ
    • Stroke count : 3
    • Frequency of use ranking : 35
    • Jouyou grade level : 1
    • JLPT : 4
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • かられる - じょうずのてからみずがもれる - Even Homer sometimes nods
  • それの - それいじょうの - further
  • げ | げ - おてあげ - all over/given in/given up hope/bring to knees
  • りさん - おのぼりさん - countryside people (in town)/visitor from the country/out-of-towner/country bumpkin (visiting the big city)/yokel
  • さん - かみさん - (one's) wife | (someone's) wife | landlady
  • で | そので - そのうえで - moreover/in addition
  • | その - そのうえ - in addition/furthermore | above (which)/on top of (which)
  • たくしげる - たくしあげる - to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)
  • - かみごま | かみこま - nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)
  • がらない - うだつがあがらない - no hope of getting ahead
  • ではねない - あくにんはたたみのうえではしねない - A bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed
  • し - こいにじょうげのさべつなし - Love makes men equal
  • - かみがたご - Edo-period Kansai dialect
  • まくりげる - まくりあげる - to tuck (e.g. sleeves)
  • にはる - うえにはうえがある - Greatness is comparative
  • - でんししきたくじょうけいさんき - calculator
  • きこそなれ - すきこそもののじょうずなれ - What one likes, one will do well
  • - じょういしこう - schools of the upper quartile/highly ranked schools
  • - でんしたくじょうけいさんき - calculator
  • のソースである - くうふくはさいじょうのソースである - Hunger is the best sauce
  • - せんこうじょうえいかい - advance(d) screening (of a movie)
  • げ | おげ - おかいあげ - buying/purchasing
  • - じょういぶんか - high culture
  • い | のうまい - くちさきのうまい - smooth talking
  • - せんこうじょうえい - advance(d) screening (of a movie)
  • - みんぽうじょうのみぶん - civil status/status (of a person) under the Civil Code
  • - りえきしじょうしゅぎ - self interest supremacy doctrine/(irresponsible) capitalism
  • げる - こえをはりあげる - to raise one's voice/to shout
  • - じじつじょうふかのう - effectively impossible
  • があがる | がる - あめがあがる - to stop raining
  • がり - たちあがりじかん - rise time
  • - ぶっかじょうしょう - price increase/prise rise
  • - ぶっかじょうしょうりつ - price escalation rate/price increase rate/inflation
  • - ぶんみゃくじょうのくぎりし - delimiter-in-context
  • - ぶんみゃくじょうのひっすようそ - contextually required element
  • がり - たちあがり - leading edge/start/stand up
  • - ぶんみゃくじょうのせんたくじく - contextually optional token
  • エンティティにてられるウィンドウ - どういエンティティにわりあてられるウィンドウじょうげん - upper window edge allocated to the peer entity
  • - ふじょうこう - flying height/head gap
  • がり - もじたちあがりほうこう - character up vector
  • - ぶんみゃくじょうのひっすじく - contextually required token
  • - ぶんみゃくじょうのせんたくようそ - contextually optional element
  • - くみあがりのうど - typographic color
  • - たくじょうしゅっぱん - desktop publishing/DTP
  • - ちじょうは - airborne signal
  • - たくじょうけいさんき - desk-top calculator
  • けたげ - ぶぶんけたあげ - partial carry
  • ダイアログ - じょういダイアログ - superior dialogue
  • - じょういさんしょう - superior reference
  • - じょうげげん - bounds
  • きモード - うわがきモード - overwrite mode
  • グループ - じょういグループ - ancestor
  • - じょういご - broader term
  • - じょういそう - upper level/upper layer
  • - じょうげんち - upper bound/upper value
  • - うわつきもじ - superscript
  • - きりあげきのう - round-up function/rounding
  • コンピュータ - たくじょうがたコンピュータ - desktop computer
  • - じつそうじょうのじこう - local matter
  • - じじつじょうひょうじゅん - de-facto standard
  • けたげ - じゅんかんけたあげ - end-around carry
  • りリンク - のぼりリンク - forward link
  • - じょういごかん - upwardly compatible
  • - じょういしょうりゃくひょうき - truncated representation
  • - じょうげんじっこうゆうせんじゅんい - limit dispatching priority
  • - うえづきそえじ - superscript
  • けたげ - ぜんけたあげ - complete carry
  • げ - ぜんけたあげ - complete carry
  • けたげなし | げなし - けたあげなしかさん - addition without carry
  • がり - ひかりたちあがりじかん - optical rise time
  • - ひだりうえすみ - top left corner
  • - じじつじょうのひょうじゅん - de facto standard
  • ボールいがい | ボールいがうまい | ボールいがい - ボールあつかいがうまい - good at handling a ball
  • - じょういきしゅ - high-end equipment
  • - じょういしけんしゅだん - upper tester
  • - じょうげれつ - chain
  • - じょうたんぶのよはく - top margin
  • - きじょうけんさ - desk checking
  • チェック - きじょうチェック - desk checking
  • ビット - さいじょういビット - most significant bit/MSB
  • けたげ - こうそくけたあげ - high-speed carry
  • - さいじょうい - high-end/high-order
  • - がめんじょう - on-screen
  • リップルけたげ - リップルけたあげ - ripple carry
  • り | がり - やすあがり - economy
  • | - いじょう - not less than/... and more/... and upwards | beyond ... (e.g. one's means)/further (e.g. nothing further to say)/more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that) | above-mentioned/foregoing | since .../seeing that ... | this is all/that is the end/the end
  • - みぎうえすみ - top right corner
  • げる - そだてあげる - to raise (to maturity)/to rear/to train/to educate
  • - いっしんじょう - personal (affairs)
  • - いちまいうえ - one step higher/one better/cut above/one up
  • - みぎうえ - right-upper
  • - うんじょう - carrying up/bringing up
  • - うんじょう - above the clouds/the heavens
  • - えんじょう - blazing up | destruction of a large building by fire | flood of comments to a blog, exceeding what the blog's owner can answer
  • - おくじょう - rooftop
  • り - おりのぼり - going up and down
  • ビューベクトル - ビューじょうほうこうていぎベクトル - view up vector
  • パフォーマンス - パフォーマンスこうじょう - performance improvement
  • - かがくじょう - from the chemical point of view
  • げる - うたいあげる - to sing at the top of one's voice/to express one's feelings fully in a poem
  • - かじょう - on the shelf
  • - かいはつとじょうこく - developing country/emerging nation
  • がる - かぶがあがる - to rise in public esteem/to rise in value (stocks)
  • げ - かくあげ - status elevation
  • - かいじょう - (by, at, on) sea/maritime/marine
  • げる | げる | げる - まきあげる - to roll up/to hoist/to heave up | to take away/to rip off (e.g. money from someone) | to blow up (dust)
  • げる - かりあげる - to reap completely/to trim up (the hair)/to dress up
  • がる - まきあがる - to roll up/to be rolled up
  • システムげ - システムたちあげ - system initialization/system start up
  • - かんじょう - aboard a warship
  • - きじょう - on the desk | theoretical/academic
  • - きじょうのくうろん - academic gossip/empty theory
  • きあがる | がる - おきあがる - to rise/to erect/to get up
  • カスケードけたげ - カスケードしきけたあげ - cascaded carry
  • げる - すくいあげる - to dip or scoop up
  • - きゅうじょう - hilltop
  • ウィンドウ - ウィンドウじょうげん - upper window edge
  • - きゅうじょうしょう - sudden rise/steep climb/zoom
  • げる | げる - くみあげる - to draw
  • げる - すくいあげる - to pick up and rescue
  • - なきじょうご - maudlin drinker
  • - ぎゃくじょう - frenzy/distraction
  • げる | げる - すいあげる - to pump off or out/to suck up or out/to siphon off (incl. wealth) | to take up others' views and opinions
  • せる - のぼせる - to feel dizzy/to have blood rush to one's head/to become conceited
  • げる - はさみあげる - to pick up (with chopsticks)/to take
  • けた | - けたあげほりゅうかさんき - carry-save adder
  • がったりったり - きんたまがあがったりくだったり - being held in suspense/being on edge
  • - ごくじょう - first-rate/finest quality/the best
  • げる - つとめあげる - to serve out one's apprenticeship/to serve out one's time
  • がる | る | る - かけあがる - to run up
  • - けいじじょうがく - metaphysics
  • ずりがる - ずりあがる - to creep up/to ride up
  • - じょうし - going on the market/placing on the market
  • | けた - けたあげすう - carry digit
  • - ぐんじじょう - military/strategic
  • げる | げる - くりあげる - to move up/to advance
  • - けいじじょう - penal/criminal
  • - けいじじょう - metaphysical
  • - けいじょう - including a sum of money in one's calculations | appropriation (a sum of money)
  • - けいざいせいこうじょう - more economical
  • げる - みあげる - to look up at/to raise one's eyes/to admire
  • げます - しょちゅうおみまいもうしあげます - midsummer greetings/to inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
  • - けんじょう - presenting to
  • かけ - みかけじょう - apparent
  • る | がのぼる - あたまにちがのぼる - to lose one's cool/to blow one's top/to flip one's lid/to get angry
  • - にぶじょうじょうきぎょう - Second Section company (on the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
  • - こうさいじょう - as a matter of social courtesy
  • - シャンハイりょうり - Shanghai cuisine
  • げる - おみまいもうしあげる - you have my deepest sympathy
  • - のぼりだん - doorstep
  • - こじょう - on the lake
  • | - おかみ - Emperor | authorities/government | term used to refer to a woman running a restaurant, inn, etc./landlady | your wife/his wife/madam
  • - こうじょう - vocal message/speech
  • - こうじょうしん - ambition/aspiration/desire to improve oneself
  • やみげます - おくやみもうしあげます - my condolences/my deepest sympathy
  • し | らし - しゃじょうあらし - stealing from vehicles
  • - くちじょうず - smooth-speaking
  • | | - くげ | くぎょう | かんだちめ - Imperial Court/court noble/the nobility
  • - こうじょう - elevation/rise/improvement/advancement/progress
  • - こうかいじょう - on the high seas
  • - こうりつこうじょう - improvement in efficiency
  • - きんじょう - the reigning emperor
  • - じょうじょうめいがら - listed issue/listed brand
  • - きんじょうへいか - the reigning emperor/His Majesty the Emperor
  • げる - さしあげる - to give/to offer | to lift up/to hold up/to raise
  • のビット - さいじょういのビット - most significant bit/MSB
  • あごががる | がる - あごがひあがる - to lose one's means of livelihood/to become unable to earn a living
  • しゃくりげる - しゃくりあげる - to sob convulsively/to heave with sobs
  • がる - すくみあがる - to cringe with fear/to cower with fright/to be terribly afraid
  • - けんぽうじょうのけんり - constitutional right(s)
  • - ひだりうえ - left-upper
  • - さくせんじょう - operational/strategic
  • がる - すりあがる - to be off the press
  • - さいばんじょう - judicial
  • げる - すりあげる - to finish printing/to print off
  • - さいじょうえい - rerun (of a file)
  • - さいふじょう - resurfacing
  • - じょうとうさい - ridgepole-raising ceremony
  • がり - たちあがり - (tailor's) cutting/styling
  • げる | げる - つくりあげる - to make up/to fabricate/to build up/to complete/to construct
  • - かみむ - (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp)
  • - さんじょう - calling on/visiting
  • - さんじょう - mountain top
  • がる - しあがる - to be finished
  • - しじょうさいだい - greatest ... in history
  • めくりげる | げる - めくりあげる - to lift/to turn over/to fold over
  • げる - しあげる - to finish up/to complete
  • がり | あがり - ていじあがり - leaving on time (e.g. as opposed to paid or unpaid overtime)
  • い - しあげばらい - piecework pay
  • り | がり - みぎあがり - rising diagonally up and to the right | growing/expanding/soaring
  • - しじょう - historical
  • - しじょう - in the town/in the street
  • のうまい | い - くちのうまい - honeymouthed/glib/fair-spoken
  • げる - こしをあげる - to get up (from sitting) | to finally start to do something/to get off one's arse (ass)
  • がり - しあがり - finish/end/completion
  • - しあげこう - finishing workman
  • に - しじょうに - in history
  • - あねうえ - older sister
  • いあがる | がる - おもいあがる - to be conceited
  • い | い | い | い | い | い - うまい - skillful/clever/expert/wise/successful | delicious/appetizing/appetising | fortunate/splendid/promising
  • くいく | くいく | うまくく | く | く - うまくいく - to go smoothly/to turn out well/to do the trick/to have peaceful relations
  • - しじょう - supremacy
  • - しじょう - in a magazine
  • - じじつじょう - (as a) matter of fact/actually/in reality
  • - じょうそうすい - surface water (depth: 0-200 meters)
  • げる | げる - もちあげる - to raise/to lift up/to flatter
  • - めいもくじょう - in name/on paper
  • がる | がる - もちあがる - to lift/to happen/to occur/to come up/to turn up
  • - じきふじょう - maglev/magnetic levitation
  • くしてる | くしてる - せんどうおおくしてふねやまにのぼる - too many cooks spoil the broth (lit: too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain)
  • のあがらない | うだつのがらない - うだつのあがらない - lacking potential for advancement/no-hoper
  • - けいえいじょう - administrative/managerial/operational
  • げる | げる - かりあげる - to hire/to lease/to requisition/to charter
  • - しゅじょう | しゅしょう - emperor
  • げる | げる - とりあげる - to take up/to pick up/to disqualify/to confiscate/to deprive
  • げ - てあげ - all over/given in/given up hope/bring to knees
  • がる - はれあがる - to swell up
  • げる - ひろいあげる - to pick up/to pick out
  • げる - けあげる - to kick up
  • - じょうおん - overtone
  • り | がり - こあがり - raised tatami-floored seating area (usu. in a Japanese restaurant)/small separate dining room
  • げます - ごれんらくもうしあげます - I am writing ..../we are contacting ...
  • がる - ちぢみあがる - to cringe/to wince/to flinch
  • - じゅうなんしあげざい - fabric softener
  • - じょうぶじまく - surtitle/supertitle
  • がる - めしあがる - to eat
  • がり - できあがり - finish/completion/ready/made for/cut out
  • げる | みあげる - あみあげる - to knit | to compile/to edit
  • げる - めしあげる - to forfeit/to confiscate/to call out
  • る | がる - できあがる - to be completed/to be finished/to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat) | to be very drunk
  • げる - たすけあげる - to help up/to pick up/to bring safely to land
  • がり - めしあがりもの - food
  • をあげる | げる - とこをあげる - to put away one's bedding | to recover from an illness (and put away one's sickbed)
  • をあげる | げる | げる - てをあげる - to raise one's hand(s) | to surrender | to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike) | to improve
  • - わらいじょうご - merry drinker
  • - じょう - from the standpoint of/as a matter of (e.g. fact)/in the field of/being of the type of | aboard (a ship or vehicle)/on top of/on/above | first volume (e.g. book) | superior quality/best/top/high class | going up | governmental/imperial | presenting/showing
  • がり - あがりだか - revenue/income/receipts/yield
  • がり - あがりゆ - clean hot bath water for rinsing
  • げ - あげ - rise in price/making a tuck
  • - あげぶた - trap door/removable floor boards
  • | - あげいた - movable floor boards/trap door
  • - うわっかわ - upper side/surface
  • つき - うわつき - superscript
  • り | り | り - のぼり - ascent/climbing/ascending (path)/climb | up-train (e.g. going to Tokyo) | northward (towards Tokyo)
  • - のぼりみち - uphill road
  • - じょうい - superior (rank not class) | higher order (e.g. byte) | host computer (of connected device)
  • - じょういんぎいん - senator/member of the upper house
  • - じょうえん - performance (e.g. music, theatre, opera)/staging
  • - じょうげ - high and low/up and down/unloading and loading/praising and blaming
  • - うわに - top cargo/top of the load
  • - じょうかい - upper world/heaven/superkingdom | upper bound
  • わせ - うわかみあわせ - overbite
  • - じょうき - dizziness/rush of blood to the head
  • - じょうきゃく - guest of honor/guest of hounor/good customer
  • - じょうきゅうせい - upper classman
  • - じょうきょうちゅう - in the capital
  • - うわぐつ - overshoes/rubbers/galoshes
  • - じょうげん - 1st quarter of moon/crescent moon
  • - じょうご - heavy drinker/drinker's habits
  • きの - じょうむきのごかんせい - upward compatibility
  • - じょうこう - going upstream
  • - じょうさく - excellent plan/best policy
  • - じょうし - the emperor's thoughts
  • - じょうしつ - fine quality
  • - じょうしゅ - high-class sake
  • - じょうじゅつ - above-mentioned/foregoing/forgoing
  • - かみじょちゅう - head servant
  • - じょうしょうせん - rising curve
  • - じょうしん - report to a superior
  • - じょうすい - water supply/tap water
  • - じょうせい - superior make/luxury binding
  • み - うわづみ - deck cargo/upper layer of goods | extra | to pile on top of
  • - かみ - upper reaches (of a river)/upper stream | top/upper part/upper half (of the body) | long ago | beginning/first | person of high rank (e.g. the emperor) | government/imperial court | imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto)/capital region (i.e. Kansai)/region (or direction of) the imperial palace | head (of a table) | wife/mistress (of a restaurant)
  • がりがり - あがりさがり - rise and fall/fluctuation
  • がり - あがりだん - staircase/doorsteps
  • がる | がる | がる | る - あがる - to rise/to go up/to come up/to ascend/to be raised | to enter (esp. from outdoors)/to come in/to go in | to enter (a school)/to advance to the next grade | to get out (of water)/to come ashore | to increase | to improve/to make progress | to be promoted/to advance | to be made (of profit, etc.) | to occur (esp. of a favourable result) | to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.) | to be finished/to be done/to be over | (of rain) to stop/to lift | to stop (working properly)/to cut out/to give out/to die | to win (in a card game, etc.) | to be arrested | to turn up (of evidence, etc.) | to be deep fried | to be spoken loudly | to get stage fright | to be offered (to the gods, etc.) | to go/to visit | to eat/to drink | to be listed (as a candidate) | to serve (in one's master's home) | (in Kyoto) to go north | (after the -masu stem of a verb) indicates completion
  • ろし - あげおろし - raising and lowering/loading and unloading
  • - あげしお - incoming tide
  • せる - のぼせる - to raise/to record/to bring up (a matter)/to serve (food)/to send some on out
  • - うわっつら - surface/appearances
  • | うわの - うわのそら - inattention/absent-mindedness
  • - のぼりざか - ascent/upgrade
  • - じょうし - publication/wood-block printing
  • - じょうい - will or decree (esp. of shogun)/emperor's wishes
  • - じょうえつ - area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
  • - うえした - high and low/up and down/unloading and loading/praising and blaming
  • - じょうげどう - vertical motion (in earthquakes)
  • - しゃんはい - Shanghai (China)
  • べり | り - うわすべり - superficial/careless/inattentive
  • - じょうきげん - good humour (humor)/good mood
  • - じょうぎ - placing on the agenda
  • - じょうきゅうかんりしょく - upper management
  • - じょうきょう - proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
  • - じょうくう - sky/the skies/high-altitude sky/upper air
  • - じょうけい - best policy
  • - じょうこし - ancient history
  • - じょうこう - upturn
  • - じょうこう - retired emperor
  • - じょうさく - good crop/masterpiece
  • - じょうし - superior authorities/boss
  • - うわば - upper teeth
  • げ - うわてなげ - (baseball) an overhand throw/(sumo) a throw using the outside of the arm
  • - じょうでき - good performance
  • き - うわがき - address/inscription/superscription | overwriting (e.g. data, file)
  • - じょうしょうげんど - ceiling (in aviation)
  • - じょうじょうかぶ - listed stock
  • - じょうず - the upper illustration
  • り - うわもり - adding to the top/what's placed on the top
  • - うわいし - upper millstone
  • - じょうそ - reporting to the emperor
  • - じょうそう - upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys)
  • - じょうそうきりゅう - upper air currents
  • - うわぞうり - indoor sandals/slippers
  • - じょうたい - thigh
  • - じょうだん - dais/raised part of floor/place of honor/place of honour/upper tier (row, step, grade, column of print, berth)
  • り - うわばり - face/coat/veneer
  • - じょうてん - heaven/God/Providence/the Supreme Being/the Absolute
  • り | - うわぬり - (final) coat (of paint, plaster, glazing, etc.)/finish
  • - じょうとうひん - first-class article
  • き - うわばたらき - housemaid
  • - じょうば - excellent horse
  • - じょうはん - first half/upper half
  • - うわひも - outside string (on a package)
  • - じょうぼん - Buddhism's highest paradise
  • - うわおおい - cover/covering
  • - じょうぶん - an imperial hearing
  • み - うわづつみ - cover/wrapper/envelope
  • - うわやく - superior/senior
  • - じょうらん - top or preceding horizontal column
  • - じょうりくようしゅうてい - landing craft
  • - じょうれい - above example
  • - じょうろう - court lady/noblewoman
  • - うえのせんそう - Battle of Ueno (battle of the Boshin war, 1868)
  • - うえ - above/up/over | top/summit | surface/on | before/previous | superiority/one's superior (i.e. one's elder) | on top of that/besides/what's more | upon (further inspection, etc.)/based on (and occurring after) | matters concerning.../as concerns ... | since (i.e. "for that reason") | suffix indicating higher social standing | place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) | emperor/sovereign/shogun/daimyo | noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
  • がったり - あがったり - poor business/doomed/in a bad state
  • がりむ - あがりこむ - to enter/to step in
  • がり - あがりもの - food offering/yield/waste
  • げる | げる | げる - あげる - to raise/to elevate | to do up (one's hair) | to fly (a kite, etc.)/to launch (fireworks, etc.)/to surface (a submarine, etc.) | to land (a boat) | to deep-fry | to show someone (into a room) | (uk) to summon (for geishas, etc.) | to send someone (away) | to enrol (one's child in school) (enroll) | to increase (price, quality, status, etc.) | to make (a loud sound)/to raise (one's voice) | to earn (something desirable) | to praise | to give (an example, etc.)/to cite | to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) | to arrest | to nominate | to give | to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.) | to bear (a child) | to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) | (of the tide) to come in | to vomit | (after the -te form of a verb) to do for (the sake of someone else) | (after the -masu stem of a verb) to complete | used after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility
  • - あげだたみ - a tatami finished on both sides
  • す - あげはなす - to cut off (the head)
  • り - うわっぱり - overalls/wrapper/duster/smock
  • - うえつがた - nobles/the upper class
  • - じょうそ - appeal (in court)
  • - じょうそううん - upper clouds
  • - じょうそうけんちく - superstructure/upper stories
  • - じょうそく - high retainer
  • - じょうだい | うわだい - ancient times | (nominal) retail price
  • - うわね - higher price/price rise
  • 調 - うわちょうし - high pitch/higher tone
  • - じょうてんき - fair weather
  • - じょうとう - raising the ridgepole
  • - じょうとうへい - private first-class
  • - じょうのう - payment to the government
  • - うわぜい - stature/height
  • - かみはんき - the first half-year/first half of the year
  • - じょうひょう - memorial to the emperor
  • - じょうぶ - top part/surface
  • - じょうもの - quality goods
  • - じょうまい - first-class rice
  • - かみがたぜいろく - people of the Kyoto area
  • - じょうゆ - imperial edict
  • - じょうらん - imperial inspection
  • - じょうりゃく - first paragraphs omitted
  • - じょうわん - upper arm
  • - じょうぞく - spinning of cocoons/the silkworm's last sleep
  • げる - のりあげる - to run aground/to be stranded
  • がる - のびあがる - to stretch/to reach to/to stand on tiptoe
  • しあげる | げる | げる - もうしあげる - to say/to tell/to state | to do for
  • - うわ - upper/upward/outer/surface/top
  • がり - あがり - ascent/rise/slope | freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops) | advance income/crop yield | death/spinning/completion/stop/finish | after (rain)/ex (official, etc.) | (end) results (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.)/how something comes out
  • がり - あがりば - landing/landing place
  • あがり | がり - あがりめ - eyes slanted upward | rising tendency
  • げ - あげさげ - raising and lowering/praising and blaming/modulation
  • - あげそうば - bullish market/bull market
  • す - のぼす - to raise/to record/to bring up (a matter)/to serve (food)/to send some one out
  • 調 - うわっちょうし - flippant/frivolous/shallow
  • - かみのく - the first part of a poem or verse
  • | - のぼりぐち - starting point for an ascent (mountain, stairs, etc.)
  • る | る | る - のぼる - to ascend/to go up/to climb | to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun)/to rise | to go to (the capital) | to be promoted | to add up to | to advance (in price) | to swim up (a river)/to sail up | to come up (on the agenda)
  • - じょういこうぞう - higher structure
  • - じょうえい - screening (a movie)/showing | to screen a movie
  • - かみやしき - daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
  • - じょうげせん - both (railway) tracks/(both) up and down tracks (lines)
  • る | る - うわまわる - to exceed
  • - うわがけすいしゃ - overshot water wheel
  • - じょうかん - superior officer
  • のことから - じょうきのことから - given the above
  • - じょうきゅう - advanced level/high grade/senior
  • - じょうきゅうふくしゃちょう - senior vice president
  • - じょうく - the first part of a poem or verse
  • - じょうけいき - boom/prosperity
  • - じょうこ - ancient times
  • - かみごいちにん - the emperor
  • - じょうかんぱん - upper deck
  • - じょうさい - imperial decision
  • 使 - じょうし - shogun's envoy/emissary
  • - じょうし - upper limbs/arms
  • - じょうずもの - flatterer
  • 宿 - じょうやど - first-class inn
  • - じょうしょ - memorial to the throne
  • - じょうしょうきりゅう - ascending air current/updraft | upward trend/rise in popularity, influence, etc.
  • - じょうじょう - listing a stock
  • - しょうにん - holy priest/saint
  • み - うわずみ - the clear top of a liquid
  • - じょうせき - seniority/precedence/upper seat
  • - うわまえ - part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) | percentage/commission
  • - じょうそうぶん - report to the throne
  • - じょうそうかいきゅう - upper classes/high society
  • - じょうそうふう - winds aloft
  • - うわおび - outer sash
  • - じょうたん - upper end/top/tip/top edge
  • - じょうちゅうげ - excellent-good-poor/first-second-third (class)
  • - じょうてい - Shangti/God/Lord/Creator/the Supreme Being
  • - じょうでん - high rice field/very fertile rice field
  • - じょうとう - superiority/first-class/very good
  • - じょうとう - advance/rise/jump
  • - いちだんうえ - a cut above/one step above
  • - じょうのうまい - rice-tax delivery
  • - うわばこ - outer box/outer casing
  • - じょうばん - being on duty
  • - じょうひん - elegant/refined/polished
  • - うわふく - outer garment
  • - じょうぶん - the foregoing/the forgoing
  • - じょうへん - the upper side
  • - うわめ - upward glance/upturned eyes
  • - じょうらく - proceeding to the capital
  • - じょうりく - landing/disembarkation
  • - じょうりゅうしゃかい - upper classes
  • - じょうはく - upper arm
  • り | り - のぼりくだり | のぼりおり - rising and falling/going up and down
  • - のぼりれっしゃ - up train/trains going toward the capital
  • - じょういごかんせい - backward compatibility/downward compatibility
  • - うわうす - upper millstone
  • - うわや - a shed
  • - じょうげすいどう - water and sewer services
  • - じょうがし - quality cakes
  • - うわえ - printed figures (on cloth or pottery)
  • - じょうかん - volume one
  • - じょうき - above-mentioned/above-named/above
  • む - うわぐむ - to draw off the top liquid
  • - じょうきゅうそうちょう - sergeant major
  • - じょうだま - fine jewel/best article/pretty woman
  • - じょうけい - the above-mentioned
  • - じょうげん - upper limit/maximum
  • れる - うわがれる - to die at the top
  • - じょうこうせん - upswing
  • - じょうこく - jokoku appeal (final appeal to a higher court)
  • る - うわずる - to be or get excited/to sound shallow/to sound hollow (a voice)/to ring false (a voice)/to sound shrill and nervous (a voice)/to be high-pitched and unstrung (a voice)
  • - うわがみ - paper cover/wrapper/wrapping paper
  • - じょうず | じょうて | じょうしゅ - skill/skillful/dexterity | flattery
  • - じょうしゅび - success/happy result
  • - じょうじゅん - first 10 days of month
  • - じょうしょう - rising/ascending/climbing
  • り - うわのり - supercargo
  • - じょうしんしょ - written report
  • - じょうすいどう - waterworks
  • - じょうせいぼん | じょうせいほん - best binding/deluxe edition
  • - じょうせん - tilde/over-line
  • - じょうそう - report to the throne
  • - じょうそうかい - upper floor (of a building)
  • - じょうそうど - topsoil
  • - じょうたい - upper body
  • - じょうたつ - improvement/advance/progress
  • - じょうち - supreme wisdom
  • - じょうちょう - one's superior/a senior/an elder
  • り - うわばり - finishing coat of paper
  • - じょうとうしき - ridgepole-raising ceremony
  • - じょうとうへいそう - chief petty officer
  • - じょうのうきん - money paid to the government
  • - じょうはく - first-class rice
  • - じょうはんしん - upper half of body/bust
  • - うわびょうし - cover/front cover/wrapper/jacket
  • - じょうぶこうぞう - superstructure
  • - じょうふんべつ - good idea/wise policy
  • - うわべ - seeming/exterior/surface/outside/outward appearance
  • - うわつら | じょうめん - surface/appearances/top/exterior
  • - じょうよく - upper wing of a plane
  • き | - うわばき - hallway slippers/indoor shoes
  • - じょうりゅう - upper stream/upper classes
  • - うわまぶた - upper eyelid
  • - じょうびたき - Daurian redstart (said by Japanese to be stupid because it is unafraid of people and so easy to catch)
  • | - じょうせん - embarking/embarkation/boarding
  • - じょうわんにとうきん - biceps brachii muscle
  • げる - のしあげる - to promote/to make richer
  • - じょうだいじょうみゃく - superior vena cava
  • - じょうわんさんとうきん - triceps brachii muscle
  • がり - しりあがり - rising (intonation, market)
  • がる - のしあがる - to stand on tiptoe/to rise in the world/to become arrogant
  • - むじょうめいほう - categorical imperative
  • げる | をあげる - しりをあげる - to stand up | to leave
  • - しんじょう - merit/body/social position
  • - まうえ - just above/right overhead
  • - みのうえ - one's future/one's welfare/one's personal history
  • がる - ふるえあがる - to tremble violently/to shudder up
  • サムエル - サムエルきじょう - Samuel I (book of the Bible)
  • - れきだいしじょう - Chronicles I (book of the Bible)
  • - じょうりくきょか - entry permission (to Japan)/lit: landing permission
  • - にんげんいじょう - superhuman
  • - いっしんじょうのつごう - personal reasons/personal matters/personal affairs
  • げる | げる - ふきあげる - to blow up (i.e. wind)/to blow upwards/to spout into the air
  • げる - かぞえあげる - to count up/to enumerate
  • - すいじょうけいさつ - Coast Guard
  • - すいじょう - aquatic/on the water
  • - せじょう - the world
  • がる - はれあがる - to clear up
  • がる | がる - なりあがる - to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
  • - せきじょう - at the meeting
  • げる | りあげる - もりあげる - to pile up/to heap up | to stir up/to enliven/to bring to a climax
  • - きりこうじょう - stiff formality/set terms
  • げる | げる - きりあげる - to close/to finish | to round up (a number) | to revalue (a currency)
  • - れつおうきじょう - Kings I (book of the Bible)
  • がる | りあがる - もりあがる - to swell/to rise/to bulge/to be piled up | to rouse/to get excited
  • げる - つみあげる - to pile up/to make a heap/to lay bricks
  • りあがり | がり - もりあがり - climax/uprush | bulge
  • - りんしょうじょう - clinical
  • では - うえでは - from the viewpoint of/according to
  • げ - つみあげ - piling up/making a heap/laying bricks
  • - そうぞうじょう - imaginary
  • - じょうきどう - upper respiratory tract/upper airway
  • - せつじょうしゃ - snow tractor
  • - かわかみ - upper reaches of a river
  • - まえこうじょう - introductory remarks
  • - シャンタン - top-grade Chinese soup stock
  • - じょうしんこ - top-grade rice flour made from non-glutinous rice
  • る | る | る | る - さかのぼる - to go back/to go upstream/to make retroactive
  • ももげ | げ - ももあげ - high knee (exercise drill where one brings one's knees up high while walking or running)
  • | - みずかみしも - light blue samurai costume commonly worn when committing suicide
  • げ - うちあげ - launch
  • | - うわひ - degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil
  • げる | げる - ぜんりょくをあげる - to use all one's strength (ability)
  • しかるは | は | は - しかるうえは - now that it is as such/since it is as such
  • は - うえは - now that/since
  • がらない | があがらない - あたまがあがらない - to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to)/to be unable to act on an equal basis with
  • スキー - すいじょうスキー - water skiing
  • く - きんじょうにはなをしく - to crown beauty with even greater beauty
  • - じょうもく - (biological) superorder
  • げる | げる - うちあげる - to launch/to shoot up/(of waves) dash/to wash up (ashore)/to finish/to close
  • | | | | - あげくび - neckband/round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
  • - ていさいじょう - for appearance' sake
  • - そんじょう - one's superior
  • - すいじょうき - hydroplane/seaplane
  • げる - たなへあげる - to be blind to one's shortcomings/to play innocent
  • げ - たなあげ - shelving/pigeonholing
  • - じょうか - (biological) superfamily
  • - たくじょうでんわ - desk phone
  • げ | げ - たこあげ - kite flying
  • - たくじょう - on the table (desk)/after-dinner speech
  • をあげる | げる - たこをあげる - to fly a kite
  • げる - かつぎあげる - to put up/to flatter
  • げる - きたえあげる - to temper thoroughly/to train well
  • - ちあげや - land shark/land speculator
  • げる - きずきあげる - to build up/to establish (one's reputation)
  • - じょうごう - superior conjunction
  • げ | げ - じあげ | ちあげ - land speculation | raising the ground level
  • - じょうぐう - building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground
  • | | | - くびかみ - neckband/round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
  • げる - ほりあげる - to emboss/to carve in relief/to finish carving of engraving
  • - ちょうじょう - top/summit/peak
  • - ちじょう - above ground
  • - じょうはんしんはだか - (top) half naked/naked above the waist
  • - ちゅうりゅうのじょうそうかいきゅう - upper middle class
  • - ちょくじょう - above/going steadily upward
  • げ - ちんあげ - wage increase
  • め | | - つうこうどめ - closure (of a road)/dead end/blind alley/cul-de-sac/No Through Road (e.g. on a sign)
  • げる | つるしげる | るしげる - つるしあげる - to hang up/to hoist | to denounce/to subject someone to a kangaroo court
  • がる | がる - つりあがる - to be lifted up/to be hung up | to be pulled in (fish)
  • - すりあげびたい - high and broad forehead
  • げる - はりあげる - to raise (one's voice)
  • - ほりあげざいく - relief work/embossing
  • - のぼりせん - up line/in-bound line
  • げる - こねあげる - to knead thoroughly | to concoct/to make up
  • - てんじょう - the heavens
  • がる | がる | がる | がる - とびあがる - to spring/to jump up/to fly up/to skip
  • - じょうとう - tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • つりげる | げる | げる | げる - つりあげる - to raise/to lift/to hang up/to suspend | to (artificially, deliberately) raise prices | to pull in (fish)
  • - ていじょう - presentation
  • つるしげ | げ | るしげ | げ - つるしあげ - hung up/hoist | denounced/severely criticised/kangaroo court
  • - こうもんじょうひ - anal epithelium
  • 殿 - てんじょうびと - courtier/court official
  • 調げる - しらべあげる - to check through/to thoroughly investigate
  • - とうけいじょうのふとつごう - statistical discrepancy
  • げる | げる - しめあげる - to screw up/to put the screws on (a person) | to constrict (someone, something)
  • - じょうきゅうざい - superior goods
  • - てんじょうがわ - river raised above the surrounding land
  • - てんじょうかい - celestial world/heaven
  • - とじょう - en route/half-way | on the road/in the street
  • 殿 - てんじょうのま - palace floor
  • - うりあげだかぜい - turnover tax
  • のたん | のたんこぶ - めのうえのたんこぶ - a thorn in one's side/a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.)/a person standing in one's way/a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action
  • 殿 - てんじょう - the court/palace circles/palace floor
  • - とじょうこく - developing country
  • げる - なげあげる - to throw up (in the air)
  • - むねあげしき - framework raising ceremony
  • - ずじょう - overhead/high in sky
  • - とうじょう - going to Tokyo/going east
  • がり - ゆあがり - after (taking) a bath
  • へ - うえへうえへ - higher and higher
  • - うりあげりえきりつ - sales profit ratio
  • - じょうがくこつ - maxilla/upper jawbone
  • - どうじょう - same as above/ditto/ibid.
  • げる - よみあげる - to read out loud (and clearly)/to call a roll
  • げ | げ - どうあげ - lifting a person high (in celebration)/tossing someone into the air/carrying someone on shoulders
  • げる - つきあげる - to push up/to toss
  • - にほんかいじょうじえいたい - Japan maritime self defense force (defence)
  • - にほんりくじょうじえいたい - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (defence)
  • | のこぶ - めのうえのこぶ - a thorn in one's side/a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.)/nuisance/something in the way
  • - じょうりゅうかいきゅう - upper echelons of society/the rich and powerful/the elite
  • - じょせいじょうい - female dominance/female supremacy
  • とあげず | げず - みっかとあげず - almost every day/constantly
  • にも - いしのうえにもさんねん - perseverance prevails (lit: even the coldest rock will get warm if sat on for three years)
  • - としうえ - older/senior
  • がる - もえあがる - to flare up/to burst into flames
  • - うりあげてすうりょう - endorsement commission/commission earned/sales commission
  • し - うりあげわりもどし - sales rebate
  • - うりあげぴょう - sales slip/sales receipt
  • - りょうじょうのくんし - thief | mouse
  • - かみにだんかつよう - conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)
  • で - うえで - upon/after
  • げる - しばりあげる - to bind (tie) up
  • - じょうげんのつき - waxing moon
  • げる - かいあげる - to buy/to buy up/to bid up
  • - あんじょう - on top of a saddle
  • - じょうざぶぶっきょう - Theravada Buddhism
  • げ - うわてだしなげ - pulling overarm throw (sumo)
  • り - うわてひねり - twisting overarm throw (sumo)
  • - はってんとじょうこく - developing country
  • - かみいちだんかつよう - conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
  • - だんせいじょうい - male dominance/male supremacy
  • がり - やみあがり - convalescence
  • し | なくなし - あんじょうひとなくあんかうまなし - riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one
  • えない | えない - あたまのうえのはえもおえない | あたまのはえもおえない - unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head (denoting a helpless person)
  • - ちじょうえ - geoglyph (drawing on the ground)
  • がる | がる | にあがる - やりだまにあがる - to be made an example of/to be made a victim of/to be exposed to ridicule
  • - ようじょうとうひょう - on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)
  • せる - くちにのぼせる - to talk about (something)
  • - じょうざぶ - Sthaviravada (early Buddhist movement)
  • - ふじょう - surfacing/rising to the surface
  • - ちちうえ - father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
  • げる - なであげる - to comb back
  • がる - まいあがる - to soar/to fly high/to be whirled up
  • がり | あがり - あがりしょう - stage fright
  • がる | がる | る - わきあがる - to boil up/to come to the boil/to seethe | to arise/to break out | to get excited/to be in uproar
  • - ひょうめんじょう - on the surface/ostensibly/superficially/apparently
  • - ろじょうせいかつしゃ - homeless people (living on the street)
  • - ひょうじょう - on the surface of the ice
  • ファンド - むらかみファンド - Murakami Fund (Japanese investment fund)
  • がる - つけあがる - to be elated/to be spoiled/to be spoilt/to take advantage of
  • かびがる - うかびあがる - to rise to the surface
  • がる - うきあがる - to float/to rise to the surface
  • デジタル - ちじょうデジタルほうそう - terrestrial digital broadcasting
  • - かぶかじょうしょう - stock price rise
  • - べいじょういん - US Senate
  • 便 - べんぎじょう - for convenience/as a matter of convenience
  • | さかさま - じょうげさかさま - upside down
  • - ふくじょうし - death during sexual intercourse
  • がる - こまたがきれあがる - (of a woman) to be slender and smartly shaped
  • がったいい - こまたのきれあがったいいおんな - slender and smartly shaped woman
  • げ - めしのくいあげ - losing the means of livelihood
  • げる - だきあげる - to hold up in one's arms
  • - ははうえ - mother (term used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
  • - ほうりつじょう - legal
  • - あみあげぐつ - high lace shoes
  • - へんじょう - give up/relinquish/serve up/let loose
  • げる - ほめあげる - to praise to the skies/extol
  • にあげず | げず - みっかにあげず - at very frequent intervals/almost every other day/constantly
  • - またがみ - waist (the part of the pants located above the crotch)/pant rise
  • げる - ほうりあげる - to hurl up
  • デジタルラジオ - ちじょうデジタルラジオほうそう - terrestrial digital radio broadcasting
  • にもけない - かざかみにもおけない - a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
  • - ほくじょう - going north
  • げる - みがきあげる - to polish up/to shine up
  • おまんまのげ - おまんまのくいあげ - losing the means of livelihood
  • - みんじじょう - civil
  • デジタルテレビ - ちじょうデジタルテレビほうそう - terrestrial digital television broadcasting
  • - ぎょうむじょう - job-related/in the course of one's work
  • - むじょう - best
  • - ちじょうひょうていき - (artillery) theodolite
  • - とくじょう - first class plus/extra special
  • げる - もんだいをとりあげる - to take up a problem
  • がり - よあがり - weather clearing at night
  • - けいしきじょう - in form/ceremonial/for form's sake/pro forma
  • - かがくじょうたつ - beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning
  • - めうえ - superior(s)/senior
  • がる | がる - おどりあがる - to spring up/to leap to one's feet/to jump up and down
  • - いちまいうわて - one step higher/one better/cut above/one up
  • げる - きえんをあげる - to talk big
  • える - きんじょうかをそえる - crowning beauty with even greater glory
  • - しゃんはいじへん - Shanghai Incident/January 28 Incident (1932) | Battle of Shanghai (1937)
  • げる - かいきえんをあげる - to speak flamboyantly
  • - よさんじょう - budgetary
  • へのぎ - うえをしたへのおおさわぎ - to be in a state of confusion
  • - いちばんうえ - topmost
  • - りくじょう - land/ground/shore
  • うだつががらない | がらない - うだつがあがらない - no hope of getting ahead
  • げる - たちあげる - to start (something)/to boot (a computer)
  • がる - たちあがる - to stand up
  • - だいいちじしゃんはいじへん - Shanghai Incident/January 28 Incident (1932)
  • がる - ひえあがる - to get completely chilled
  • - あげゆか - raised floor
  • - りくじょうさくせんほんぶ - tactical operations center/tactical operations centre
  • げる - あんしょうにのりあげる - to run aground/to strike a rock/to be stranded on a reef | to be deadlocked
  • う - おじょうずをいう - to flatter/to boot-lick/to curry favour (favor)
  • - りくじょうきょうぎ - track-and-field events
  • げる - ねりあげる - to train up/to discipline
  • く - うえをいく - to be ahead of
  • - ぎょうむじょうおうりょう - corporate embezzlement
  • - そじょう - on the chopping board
  • - せんじょう - audacity/forwardness
  • - れきしじょう - historic/historical
  • - れんあいしじょうしゅぎ - love for love's sake
  • | - おしょう | かしょう | わじょう - preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) | preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) | preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) | second highest priestly rank in Buddhism | monk (esp. the head monk of a temple) | master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • げる - ねじあげる - to twist hard
  • - だいにじしゃんはいじへん - Battle of Shanghai (1937)
  • ねる | をはねる - うわまえをはねる - to take a commission/to take a cut/to take a piece of the action/to take a kickback
  • - かみがたざいろく - Edo term used to debase people from Kansai
  • げる - かきあげる - to shoulder (palanquin)
  • - おじょうず - skill/skillful/dexterity | flattery
  • - いあくじょうそう - direct appeal to the throne by the military
  • げ - もみあげ - tuft of hair under temple/sideburns
  • げる - たなにあげる - to be blind to one's shortcomings/to play innocent
  • - じょういん - Upper House/Senate/Lords
  • - かみざ | じょうざ - chief seat/seat of honor/seat of honour
  • - うわかわ | うわがわ | うわっかわ - upper side/surface
  • - じょうほう - upper region or part
  • - さいじょう | もがみ - best
  • がり - あがりくち | あがりぐち - entrance
  • き - うえむき | うわむき - upturn/upward tendency/looking upward/bottom-up
  • - じょうしん | うわくちびる - upper lip
  • き - うわしき | うわじき - bordered matting
  • - うわあご | じょうがく - upper jaw/palate
  • - うわて | かみて - upper part | upper stream/upper course of a river | right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV)/stage left (actor's POV) | skillful (only in comparisons)/dexterity (only in comparisons) | over-arm grip on opponent's belt (sumo)
  • - うわかわ | じょうひ - outer skin/cuticle/epidermis/epithelium/rind/skin
  • - うえさま | うえざま | かみさま - emperor/shogun | honored person (honoured) | (another person's) wife
  • | げ - けあげ - riser (in a building)/rise
  • | | - うわぎ | じょうい - coat/tunic/jacket/outer garment
  • く - うえむく | うわむく - to look upward/to turn upward/to rise
  • - かみつよ | じょうせい - antiquity/ancient times
  • - かみがた - Kyoto and vicinity
  • 貿 - ぼうえきじょう - trade (foreign)
  • | | - うわぐすり | ゆうやく - glaze/enamel
  • げ | げ - あみあげ - high laced shoes or boots
  • り | がり - あめあがり | あまあがり - after the rain
  • うなぎり | り | り | うなぎり - うなぎのぼり - rapid promotion
  • げ | | | げ - うりあげ - amount sold/proceeds
  • げる | げる - おしあげる - to boost/to force up/to push up
  • げ | げ - きりあげ - end/conclusion
  • わつく | く | く | つく - うわつく - to be fickle/to be restless/to be flippant
  • | - げこくじょう - juniors dominating seniors/retainer supplanting his lord
  • | - じょうてい - introducing (a bill)/presentation/departure on a journey
  • | - うわむしろ - thin padded mat laid on the tatami
  • にのぼる | る - くちにのぼる - to become the subject of rumours or conversations
  • げ - かつあげ - extortion of money or goods (e.g. from lower year students)/shakedown
  • | | 々 - じょうじょう - the best/great/superb
  • がる - せりあがる - to gradually rise
  • | げ - しあげ - end/finishing touches/being finished
  • げる - ひっぱりあげる - to pull up/to haul up
  • - よそういじょう - more than expected
  • げ | - ねあげ - price hike/mark-up
  • 禿がる | はげがる - はげあがる - to become bald fom the forehead/to recede
  • げ | - そううりあげ - total sales/total proceeds
  • がり - ねあがり - price advance/increase in value
  • める | のぼりめる | める - のぼりつめる - to go to the top | to be engrossed in
  • げる | げる | げる - ひきあげる - to pull up/to drag up/to lift up | to increase/to raise (e.g. taxes) | to withdraw/to leave/to pull out/to retire | to return home
  • 調 - しんじょうちょうしょ - personal information form/dossier on an individual
  • げる | をあげる - ねをあげる - to (break one's silence and) give up/to admit defeat
  • | | - うわみずざくら | うわみぞざくら | ウワミズザクラ - Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)/Gray's bird cherry/Gray's chokecherry
  • がる | はねがる | がる - はねあがる - to jump up/to spring up
  • がる | がる - ひあがる - to dry up/to parch/to ebb away
  • けたげる | げる - けたあげる - to carry (of digit, bit, etc.)
  • - しょうか - high and low/the government and the people/going up and down
  • - こうじょうしんか - anagenesis
  • | - かみしも - samurai costume/old ceremonial costume | government and the people | upper and the lower parts of the body
  • - かざかみ - windward
  • い | い | がうまい - くちがうまい - honeymouthed/glib/fair-spoken/cajoling/talking glibly
  • してげる | してあげる - かしてあげる - to lend (e.g. money)
  • げ | げ | げ - ひきあげ - pulling up/drawing up/salvage/re-floatation/raising
  • がうまい | い - えいごがうまい - speak English well
  • - ろじょうせいかつ - living on the street/life on the streets/homelessness
  • - ろじょう - (on the) road/(on the) way
  • - じょじょう - above-mentioned
  • 調 - しんじょうちょうさ - examine (investigate into) a person's history
  • - そじょう - going upstream/retroact/retrospect
  • げ - たちあげ - starting up (e.g. business, computer)
  • - かいじょうじえいたい - Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence)
  • けたり | り - けたあがり - carry (of digit, bit, etc.)
  • - けんぽうじょう - constitutional
  • - けいじょう - speaking respectfully
  • - ちきゅうじょう - on the earth
  • - じょういかたつ - conveying the will of the governing to the governed
  • - ろじょうごうとう - mugging/mugger
  • - かくにんのうえ - after checking/after verification
  • - しゃこうじょうず - social ease (facility, skills)/being a good mixer
  • - しょうばいじょうず - good at business/having a good head for business/businesslike
  • - じょうらんずもう - sumo match held in front of the Emperor
  • - たくじょうえんぜつ - after-dinner speech/speech made at a dinner (luncheon)
  • - こうさいじょうず - good at socializing/sociability/being a good mixer
  • - じょうげさゆう - up and down (top and bottom), left and right
  • - しょせいじょうず - knowing how to get on in the world/knowing the secret of success in life
  • - せっとくじょうず - persuasiveness/skilled in the art of persuasion
  • - せんじょうえっけん - exceeding (overstepping) one's powers (competence, authority)/abuse of one's legal authority/acting ultra vires
  • | げ | げ - くりあげ - upward move/advance
  • - きんじょうてんのう - the present Emperor
  • - ぬすびとじょうご | ぬすっとじょうご - person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well | person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy
  • げ | けたげ - けたあげ - carry (of digit, bit, etc.)
  • りあげる | げる - けりあげる - to kick up/to fling up
  • よじる | る | る | よじる - よじのぼる - to climb/to clamber (over, up)/to scramble (up)/to scale/to claw one's way up
  • - てんじょうてんげ - the whole world/throughout heaven and earth
  • - りくじょうじえいたい - Ground Self-Defense Forces (Defence)
  • げ - そこあげ - raising (the standard)
  • - せんじょう - on board
  • - えんちょうせんじょう - the extension of a straight line/(a conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
  • - おめいへんじょう - clear one's name/redeem oneself/clear (vindicate) one's honor (reputation)
  • がる - にあがる - to boil up/to be thoroughly cooked
  • - きじょうくうろん - impractical desktop theory (proposition)/unworkable idea/an idea that isn't worth the paper it's written on
  • - しじょうくうぜん - unprecedented in history/unheard-of/epoch-making
  • - しじょうようきゅう - overriding necessity/absolute requirement/an absolute must
  • - じょうずへた - differences in skill
  • - せじょうばんぱん - all the worldly (mundane) matters/everything in this world
  • げ - むねあげ - ridgepole-raising/setting up of the framework of a house
  • - そうじょう - report to the Emperor
  • - しんしょう - a fortune/wealthy person/housekeeping/property
  • - きげんじょうご - merry drinker
  • げる | げる | こみげる - こみあげる - to fill (one's heart)/to experience a welling up of feelings or sensations | to feel nauseous
  • - かぎゅうかくじょう - trifling (fight)/(a conflict) between small countries
  • - しじょう - on paper/in the newspapers/in a letter
  • | - うりあげだか - sales/amount sold/proceeds
  • - こうじょう - (on the) bank of a large river
  • げる | げる - かきあげる - to write out or down/to finish writing
  • - きんじょうてんか - adding a crowning touch of beauty (to)/giving added luster (to)/crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater glory
  • - しじょうゆいいつ - the first in history/only once in history
  • - じょうこいらい - from (since) ancient times/from time immemorial
  • - じょうほうしゅうせい - upward adjustment/upward revision
  • - おくじょうかおく - gilding the lily/adding redundant things
  • - きせんしょうか | きせんじょうげ - high and low/(people of) all ranks and classes
  • - いちじょういちげ - up and down
  • - いっぴつけいじょう - Just a short note to tell you .../This will just be a short note. (a set formula of greeting used by a man at the beginning of a brief note)
  • - ようじょう - on the sea or ocean
  • - じょういごばん - last five matches of makushita division wrestlers (sumo)
  • - まくしたじょうい - 30 highest ranked makushita wrestlers (sumo)
  • 調 - のぼりちょうし | のぼりぢょうし - rise/improvement/uptrend
  • - えいせいじょう - hygienic/sanitary
  • げる - はこびあげる - to carry or bring (up)
  • - あげぜん - placing a meal in front of one
  • - うえひだり - upper left (corner)
  • - たたみのうえのすいれん - practising swimming on land/dry swimming exercise
  • - ばじょう - horseback/riding
  • る - せめのぼる - to march on the capital
  • | - こうはつはってんとじょうこく - least developed among developing nations
  • - あげぜんすえぜん - taking care of everything/no need to do anything
  • がり - あしかけあがり - knee-swing (gymnastics)/legging-up
  • - うえみぎ - upper right (corner)
  • ぬ - たたみのうえでしぬ - to die a natural death/to die in one's own bed
  • - じょうにん - Ninja clan master/highest-ranking ninja
  • - きんじょう - crowning beauty with even greater glory
  • - まえがしらじょうい - ten highest ranked maegashira wrestlers certain to wrestle against san'yaku ranks (sumo)
  • - あげだわら - 4 corner bales on the outer rim of the sumo ring
  • がり - あがりざしき - elevated podium in Japanese-style house
  • | き - こうじょうしょ | こうじょうがき - verbal note (notes verbale)/written statement
  • がる - まくにあがる - juryo division sumo wrestler who will be promoted to makuuchi
  • げる - おねがいもうしあげる - (very polite) please
  • - あとひきじょうご - insatiable drinker
  • - さいじょうきゅうせい - senior (e.g. at school)
  • げる - はねあげる - to splash/to raise
  • がる - ぬけあがる - to be balding in the front/to have a receding hairline
  • がり - あがりばな - freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops)
  • - じゅじょう - up in a tree
  • がる - はいあがる - to creep up/to crawl up
  • げる - くみあげる - to compose/to put together
  • げ | げ - じゅうりょうあげ - weight lifting
  • 禿がる - はげあがる - to recede
  • - せんじょう - on the line/borderline
  • ち - しんしょうもち - good housekeeper
  • - じきふじょうしきてつどう - maglev train
  • げる - ぞんじあげる - to know/to think
  • がり - さかあがり - (gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement
  • - じょうでんどうじきふじょうしきてつどう - non-superconducting maglev train
  • のぼせがる | がる - のぼせあがる - to be beside oneself/to lose one's head/to go mad with something
  • がり - みぎかたあがり - growing (graph rising to the right)/expanding/soaring
  • げ - ふきあげ - place exposed to winds which blow up from below/a fountain
  • - うんえいじょう - operational
  • - けんこうじょう - health (concerns, reasons, etc.)
  • - しじょうめいれい - categorical imperative/overriding necessity
  • - しじょうけん - supremacy/sovereignty
  • - しゃんはいがに - Chinese mitten crab
  • げ - かさあげ - raising/padding or inflation (of a bill)
  • りあげる | げる - おりあげる - to weave up into fabric
  • げ | げ - かたあげ - (with reference to clothing) a shoulder tuck
  • げ - ほりあげ - relief work/embossing
  • - しゃじょう - on or aboard a train or vehicle
  • - かいじょうたつ - conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be
  • - ちょうでんどうじきふじょうしきてつどう - superconducting maglev train
  • | - うりあげぜい - sales tax
  • - ろじょうはんざい - street crime
  • - このうえ - furthermore/anymore/above or beyond this
  • - うりあげせいちょう - sales growth
  • - さいじょうきゅう - highest grade/superlative degree
  • まみげる - つまみあげる - to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt)/to pick up in one's fingers
  • - さいじょうかい - top floor
  • にも - いやがうえにも - all the more
  • - すいじょうひこうき - hydroplane/seaplane
  • - きんきゅうふじょうくんれん - emergency surfacing drill (submarine)
  • - じょういんぎかい - Senate
  • - かいじょう - an upper floor/upstairs
  • - きんきゅうふじょう - emergency ascent (submarine)/emergency surfacing
  • - すいじょうきょうぎ - water sports
  • - せかいりくじょう - World Championships in Athletics
  • - ちじょうはほうそう - terrestrial broadcasting
  • がり - けあがり - a kick/mounting a bar with a kick
  • - あみあげぐつ - lace-up boots
  • - みなかみ - headwaters/source
  • せ - のぼせ - hot flash/rush of blood to the head
  • - すいじょうせいかつしゃ - person who lives on the water
  • この - このうえ - besides/moreover/in addition/further
  • げ - へいかきりあげ - revaluation
  • - うりあげきん - proceeds
  • - こくさいりくじょうきょうぎれんめい - International Association of Athletics Federations/IAAF
  • - じょうじょうはいし - delisting
  • - ちじょうせん - land war
  • - ごんじょう - telling/stating
  • - さじょう - (built) on sand
  • げ - りあげ - increase in interest rates
  • このもなく | このなく - このうえなく | このうえもなく - most of all/extremely
  • - ぎょうむじょうかしつちし - professional negligence resulting in death
  • がり - なりあがりもの - upstart/parvenu
  • - おこりじょうご - quarrelsome drinker
  • げ - かいあげ - buying/purchasing
  • - かいじょうほあんちょう - Japan Coast Guard (formerly Maritime Safety Agency)
  • - ちじょうけん - surface rights (i.e. the right to build a house, etc. on land owned by another)/superficies
  • がりり | がりり - あがりおり - going up and down/ascent and descent
  • | - あげぞこ - false bottom
  • - うえの - section of Tokyo
  • - あにうえ - older brother
  • このない - このうえない - the most/the best/peerless/the greatest/first-rate
  • - かいじょうふうさ - sea blockade
  • づかい | 使い | い - うわめづかい - upturned eyes
  • せ - うわのせ - extra
  • - じょうとくい - good customer
  • - はなしじょうず - good talker
  • モル - モルふってんじょうしょう - molar elevation
  • - かいじょうほう - maritime law
  • - かいじょうけん - maritime authority
  • - じょうしん - rise in market prices
  • - じょうきゅうさいばんしょ - superior court
  • - かみき - first half of the year
  • - かいじょうほけん - maritime insurance
  • - どうじょう - on the roof/court nobles
  • - じょうこくしん - appeal hearing
  • がり - あがりかまち - piece of wood at front edge of entranceway floor/agarikamachi
  • がり - あがりはな - entrance | deluxe edition
  • - うちあげはなび - skyrocket (firework)
  • - ちょうじょうかいだん - summit conference
  • - かいじょうくうこう - seadrome
  • - だいじょうだん - raising a sword above one's head (to slay)/haughty attitude
  • - うわまい - commission | excise tax
  • - きじょう - aboard an aeroplane (airplane)
  • げ - とこあげ - recovery from an illness
  • - だんじょう - on a stage or platform or altar
  • - ゆかうえ - on a floor/above floor level
  • がり - おきあがりこぼし - self-righting doll
  • り | がり - なりあがり - upstart/parvenu/jumped-up person
  • - ちょうじょう - one's elder(s) or superior(s)
  • - ゆかうえしんすい - inundation above floor level
  • - せんりゃくじょう - strategic
  • - せいじょう - the emperor
  • - もくじきしょうにん - holy men who abstain from meat and cooked food
  • がり - はねあがり - jumping/jump/rashness
  • - ろじょうちゅうしゃ - parking on the streets/on-street parking
  • - にげこうじょう - evasive answer/excuse
  • がり - はねあがりもの - rash person/tomboy
  • - しあげこう - finisher
  • がり - したてあがり - brand new
  • がり - たかあがり - climb high/more expensive than expected
  • - おくじょうていえん - rooftop garden
  • - ききじょうず - good listener
  • | - くりあげとうせん - win an election due to another's death or disqualification
  • - しんじょう - giving/presenting
  • - どうとくじょう - morally/from the moral point of view
  • げ | げ - すいあげ - suction/sucking
  • - じょうえいじかん - running time (e.g. of movie)
  • - うわや - storage shed (shelter)/temporary covering of a building being built
  • - じょうしょうけいこう - upward tendency/rising trend
  • げ | げ - こしあげ - tuck at the waist
  • げ - たたきあげ - working one's way up/veteran
  • でっちげ | げ - でっちあげ - fabrication/put-up job/trumped-up story/frame-up
  • - うんじょうびと - the nobility
  • - くものうえ - above the clouds/the Imperial Court
  • がり | り | り - たちあがり - start/beginning/build up | how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game (baseball)
  • - じょういがいねん - high level concept/superordinate concept/broader term
  • - じょうわんこつ - humerus (upper bone in arm)
  • がり - そめあがり - being dyed
  • げる - ぬいあげる - to finish sewing
  • っちげる | でっちげる | げる - でっちあげる - to fabricate/to invent/to make up (a story) | to frame someone
  • げる | げる - しぼりあげる - to squeeze (to the utmost)/to wring | to strain one's voice | to scold
  • - せつじょう - on the snow
  • - げいじゅつしじょうしゅぎ - art for art's sake
  • げる - おいあげる - to gain on/to put pressure on
  • がる | がる - くりあがる - to move up (date or rank)
  • げる - ふりあげる - to raise overhead
  • げる | きあげる - たたきあげる - to work one's way up
  • - じょうりくさくせん - landing operations
  • げ - くいあげ - losing the means of livelihood | a samurai's annual rice stipend being suspended | (in fishing) the fish swimming upward after biting the fishhook
  • げ - かりあげ - close-cropped hair/harvesting
  • げる | げる - まつりあげる - to set up (in high position)/to kick upstairs
  • げる - せりあげる - to bid up the price of
  • がる - へあがる - to rise
  • げる - かきあげる - to comb upwards
  • がる - てりあがる - to become bright with sunlight following a shower
  • げる - やきあげる - to burn/to roast/to grill/to bake
  • - じょうふ - type of linen or cloth
  • げる - したてあげる - to be made out to be
  • げる - そめあげる - to finish dyeing
  • げる - せきあげる - to have a coughing fit/to sob convulsively
  • - ぎょうむじょうかしつ - (professional) negligence
  • げる - ゆいあげる - to wear one's hair up/to arrange one's hair
  • げる - あらいあげる - to finish washing/to wash well/to investigate thoroughly
  • にあげる | げる | げる - やりだまにあげる - to make an example of/to make a victim of/to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule/to single out someone for criticism
  • げる - よびあげる - to call out
  • がる - てがあがる - to improve one's skill
  • - いみじょうのもくてきご - sense object
  • げたりげたり - あげたりさげたり - raising and lowering/praising and blaming
  • - うえのちい - higher position
  • げる - おびをゆいあげる - to do up a sash
  • からの - うえからのめいれい - order from above
  • く - うえをむく - to look upward
  • る - うわさにのぼる - to be gossiped about
  • る - かいだんをのぼる - to go up the stairs
  • がる - うでがあがる - to gain in skill
  • がる - いちばんであがる - to win the first place
  • む - うえのきゅうにすすむ - to move up to a higher grade
  • げる - かくをあげる - to raise the standard
  • ちのぼる | る - たちのぼる - to go up/to rise up
  • - かいじょうゆそうろ - marine transportation routes
  • える - かみざにすえる - to give (a guest) the seat of honor (honour)
  • る - ぎにのぼる - to come up for discussion
  • - うえのこ - the older child
  • す - おくじょうおくをかす - to paint the lily/to gild refined gold
  • がる - かくがあがる - to be promoted to a higher rank
  • げる - うでをあげる - to improve one's skill
  • げる - かおをあげる - to raise one's face
  • す - かねをうまくまわす - to invest one's money profitably
  • - じょうさいあつ - overburden stress
  • - さんじょうのすいくん - the Sermon on the Mount
  • ない - しじょうにれいをみない - unparalleled in history (unparallelled)
  • げた - きたえあげたうで - highly-trained skill
  • す - ぎだいにのぼす - to bring up for discussion
  • げる | をあげる - かみをあげる - to put up one's hair
  • - しじょうけいかく - paper plan
  • せる - しにのぼせる - to bring (a book) into the world/to publish
  • げる - けんせいのじつをあげる - to realize constitutionalism/to realise constitutionalism
  • - いみじょうのしゅご - sense subject
  • - じょうげかんけい - pecking order/hierarchical relationship/vertical relationship/hyponymy
  • げる - こえをあげる - to raise one's voice
  • - じょうし - March 3rd of the lunar calendar (one of the five annual festivals)
  • - じょうしょう - rising tone (in Chinese) | (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone
  • ぶ - じょうずにえらぶ - to make a good choice
  • る - せいとにのぼる - to start on a journey/to go on a military expedition
  • げる - げいしゃをあげる - to call in a geisha
  • がる - げっきゅうがあがる - to get a raise in salary
  • がる - こうかがあがる - to bear fruit/to take effect
  • がり - みせのあがり - income from a shop
  • - ごんかごんしょう - one of the 64 trigrams
  • - じょうえつほんせん - Joetsu Main Line
  • - じょうしん - progress/advance
  • - じょうわんきん - brachial muscle
  • っている - たなのうえにのっている - to be (lie) on a shelf
  • - りくじょうたんきょくそうち - land terminal equipment (of a submarine cable)
  • がる - しけんであがる - to get nervous at an examination
  • げる - しごとをあげる - to finish the work
  • げる - ぶつだんにはなをあげる - to offer flowers before the family Buddhist altar
  • - しょうごうのうえ - after checking up
  • げてえる - ほのおをあげてもえる - to flame up
  • - ちゅういじょう - above average
  • げる | くあげる - やすくあげる - to make it less expensive
  • - じょうこく - first third of a two-hour period
  • う - じょうずにあつかう - to handle skillfully
  • る | ぶる - じょうひんぶる - to give oneself airs/to be prudish
  • げる - よいせいせきをあげる - to achieve satisfactory results
  • げる - とりあげる - to accept/to adopt/to listen to
  • - のぼりふじ - lupine
  • がらない | があがらない | がらない - ふうさいがあがらない - making a poor appearance
  • げる - ねつをあげる - to become enthusiastic
  • からがる - ふろからあがる - to step out of the bath
  • す - ちょうじょうをめざす - to set out for the summit
  • くあがる | がる - やすくあがる - to cost little/to come cheap
  • がる - やねにあがる - to go up on the roof
  • - よみあげざん - having the figures read aloud by another person/calculation by abacus
  • がる - ふくれあがる - to swell up
  • がり - ふろあがり - just out of the bath
  • をあげる | げる | げる | げる - なをあげる - to gain fame/to make one's name
  • - のぼりこうばい - uphill grade/upgrade
  • - ひょうじょうきょにゅう - the four tones in old Chinese phonetics