| term | pronunciation | English |
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| 上 | うえ | above, on |
| 上る | のぼる | to go up |
| 上げる | あげる | go (come) up; be promoted; to rise |
| 〜の上 | 〜のうえ | above |
| 上下 | じょうげ | high and low, up and down |
| 上達 | じょうたつ | improvement, advance, progress |
| 上り | のぼり | climb, climbing |
| 上京 | じょうきょう | going to the capital |
| 仕上がる | しあがる | to be finished; to be completed; to be ready |
| 以上 | いじょう | over, above |
| 値上げ | ねあげ | price rise |
| 召し上がる | めしあがる | (pol) to eat |
| 上司 | じょうし | boss |
| 上品な | じょうひんな | elegant, refined, decent |
| 屋上 | おくじょう | a rooftop, a housetop |
| 川上 | かわかみ | upstream |
| 差し上げ | さしあげる | to lift up, to raise, to give |
| 差し上げる | さしあげる | (polite) to give, to offer |
| 年上 | としうえ | elder |
| 上手な | じょうずな | skillful |
| 上手 | じょうず | skill, skillful, dexterity |
| 持ち上げる | もちあげる | to raise, to lift up, to flatter |
| 上旬 | じょうじゅん | first 10 days of month |
| 出来上がり | できあがり | be finished, ready, made for, cut out |
| 出来上がる | できあがる | (1) to be finished, to be ready, by definition |
| 申し上げ | もうしあげる | to tell, to say, to state |
| 申し上げる | もうしあげる | to say, to tell |
| 目上 | めうえ | one's superiors |
| 上着 | うわぎ | outer garment, coat |
| 立ち上がる | たちあがる | to stand up |
| 上等 | じょうとう | superiority, first class, very good |
| 上級 | じょうきゅう | advanced level, high grade, senior |
| 見上げる | みあげる | to look up at, to raise one's eyes, to admire |
| 陸上 | りくじょう | (on) land; ground; shore |
| 頂上 | ちょうじょう | top, summit, peak |
| 風上 | かざかみ | (the) windward (side) |
| 上がったり | あがったり | doomed, in a bad state, poor (e.g. business) |
| 上げ | あげ | rise in price, making a tuck |
| 上っ調子 | うわっちょうし | flippant, frivolous, shallow |
| 上り坂 | のぼりざか | ascent, upgrade |
| 上り藤 | のぼりふじ | lupine |
| 上告審 | じょうこくしん | appeal hearing |
| 上唇 | じょうしん, うわくちびる | upper lip |
| 上層 | じょうそう | upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys) |
| 上巳 | じょうし | March 3rd of the lunar calendar (one of the five annual festivals) |
| 上掲 | じょうけい | the above-mentioned |
| 上昇 | じょうしょう | rising, ascending, climbing |
| 上映 | じょうえい | screening (a movie), showing; to screen a movie |
| 上智 | じょうち | supreme wisdom |
| 上梓 | じょうし | publication, wood-block printing |
| 上棟 | じょうとう | raising the ridgepole |
| 上棟式 | じょうとうしき | ridgepole-raising ceremony |
| 上機嫌 | じょうきげん | good humour (humor), good mood |
| 上田 | じょうでん | high rice field, very fertile rice field |
| 上申 | じょうしん | report to a superior |
| 上積み | うわづみ | deck cargo; extra; to pile on top of |
| 上空 | じょうくう | sky, the skies, high-altitude sky, upper air |
| 上肢 | じょうし | upper limbs, arms |
| 上諭 | じょうゆ | imperial edict |
| 上越 | じょうえつ | area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata |
| 上野 | うえの | section of Tokyo |
| 上限 | じょうげん | upper limit, maximum |
| 上院 | じょういん | Upper House, Senate, Lords |
| 上陸 | じょうりく | landing, disembarkation |
| 上陸用舟艇 | じょうりくようしゅうてい | landing craft |
| 上騰 | じょうとう | advance, rise, jump |
| 下克上 | げこくじょう | juniors dominating seniors, retainer supplanting his lord |
| 丘上 | きゅうじょう | hilltop |
| 事実上 | じじつじょう | (as a) matter of fact, actually, in reality |
| 今上陛下 | きんじょうへいか | the reigning emperor, His Majesty the Emperor |
| 仕上がり | しあがり | finish, end, completion |
| 仕上げ | しあげ | end, finishing touches, being finished |
| 卓上 | たくじょう | on the table (desk), after-dinner speech |
| 卯建が上がらない | うだつがあがらない | no hope of getting ahead |
| 史上 | しじょう | historical |
| 向上 | こうじょう | elevation, rise, improvement, advancement, progress |
| 呈上 | ていじょう | presentation |
| 啓上 | けいじょう | speaking respectfully |
| 噴き上げる | ふきあげる | to blow up (i.e. wind), to blow upwards, to spout into the air |
| 地上 | ちじょう | above ground |
| 壇上 | だんじょう | on a stage or platform or altar |
| 売り上げ | うりあげ | amount sold, proceeds |
| 売上高 | うりあげだか | sales, amount sold, proceeds |
| 嵩上げ | かさあげ | raising, padding or inflation (of a bill) |
| 席上 | せきじょう | at the meeting |
| 床上 | ゆかうえ | on a floor, above floor level |
| 彫り上げる | ほりあげる | to emboss, to carve in relief, to finish carving of engraving |
| 打ち上げ | うちあげ | launch |
| 抱き上げる | だきあげる | to hold up in one's arms |
| 拾い上げる | ひろいあげる | to pick up, to pick out |
| 挟み上げる | はさみあげる | to pick up (with chopsticks), to take |
| 机上 | きじょう | on the desk; theoretical, academic |
| 机上の空論 | きじょうのくうろん | academic gossip, empty theory |
| 梓に上せる | しにのぼせる | to bring (a book) into the world, to publish |
| 棚上げ | たなあげ | shelving, pigeonholing |
| 棟上げ式 | むねあげしき | framework raising ceremony |
| 江上 | こうじょう | (on the) bank of a large river |
| 洗い上げる | あらいあげる | to finish washing, to wash well, to investigate thoroughly |
| 浮かび上がる | うかびあがる | to rise to the surface |
| 浮上 | ふじょう | surfacing, rising to the surface |
| 海上 | かいじょう | (by, at, on) sea, maritime, marine |
| 海上自衛隊 | かいじょうじえいたい | Maritime Self Defense Forces (Defence) |
| 湖上 | こじょう | on the lake |
| 献上 | けんじょう | presenting to |
| 盛り上がり | もりあがり | climax, uprush; bulge |
| 築き上げる | きずきあげる | to build up, to establish (one's reputation) |
| 練り上げる | ねりあげる | to train up, to discipline |
| 繰り上げ | くりあげ | upward move, advance |
| 繰り上げる | くりあげる | to move up, to advance |
| 至上 | しじょう | supremacy |
| 誌上 | しじょう | in a magazine |
| 買い上げ | かいあげ | buying, purchasing |
| 賃上げ | ちんあげ | wage increase |
| 路上 | ろじょう | (on the) road, (on the) way |
| 跳び上がる | とびあがる | to spring, to jump up, to fly up, to skip |
| 踊り上がる | おどりあがる | to spring up, to leap to one's feet, to jump up and down |
| 途上 | とじょう | en route, half-way; on the road, in the street |
| 途上国 | とじょうこく | developing country |
| 錦上 | きんじょう | crowning beauty with even greater glory |
| 鍛え上げる | きたえあげる | to temper thoroughly, to train well |
| 陸上競技 | りくじょうきょうぎ | track-and-field events |
| 陸上自衛隊 | りくじょうじえいたい | Ground Self-Defense Forces (Defence) |
| 雲の上 | くものうえ | above the clouds, the Imperial Court |
| 風采が上がらない | ふうさいがあがらない | making a poor appearance |