上（うえ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: above / top
Example sentences
- 机の上に本とペンがある。 — There's a book and a pen on the desk.
- 棚の上に大きな箱を置いた。 — I put a big box on top of the shelf.
Idioms & proverbs containing “上”
- 石の上にも三年 (いしのうえにもさんねん) — perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm)
- 上には上がある (うえにはうえがある) — greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish
- 上には上がいる (うえにはうえがいる) — greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish
- 易者身の上知らず (えきしゃみのうえしらず) — people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future
- 恋に上下の差別無し (こいにじょうげのさべつなし) — love makes men equal
- 陰陽師身の上知らず (おんようじみのうえしらず) — people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future
Antonyms
- 下 (しも) — below / bottom
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “上” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)