カミ
Meanings
Noun
1. 空のある方向、地面と反対の方向。うえ、上方。(現代日本語では「うえ」の方が普通。)
2. 坂や川などの上の方、上流の方。
名詞に接続して
3. 京都の内裏に近い方、京都の中では北の方。
地名の造語成分
4. 身分の貴い人。
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (26 in total)
① 身分の高い人の妻に対して敬意を表した呼称。② 他人の妻や母に対して敬意を表した呼称。③ 近世上方で良家の未亡人や隠居した老母に対して敬意を表した呼称。
① 川の水の流れてくる方。上流。
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
① 上と下。上方と下方、川上と川下、舞台の上手と下手など。
① 京阪地方。また、関西地方。
upper part
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
upper pool (e.g. in onsen); upper bath
upper half of the body; upper body
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
first part of a poem or verse
first half of the year; first half of the fiscal year
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
(in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp)
first part of a poem; first part of a verse
first half of the (fiscal) year
a long time ago; in those days; once upon a time
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
Murakami Fund (Japanese investment fund)
conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)
head of a clan