jpdb beta

1. upper reaches (of a river); upper stream

2. top; upper part; upper half (of the body)

3. long ago

4. beginning; first

5. person of high rank (e.g. the emperor)

6. government; imperial court

7. imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace

8. head (of a table)

9. wife; mistress (of a restaurant)