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じょうげ
Meanings
Noun
1. top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down
The vertical field of human vision is narrow.
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
2. going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
Each of them is heaving their shoulders up and down violently.
3. going and coming back
Noun
4. upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people
In the old days, the line between the upper and lower classes was clear.
5. first and second volumes
6. top and bottom; two-piece (outfit)
Alt. forms
上じょう下げ
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じょうげ
Pitch accent
じょ
うげ
Conjugations...Used in: 3
Composed of
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship
up-and-down motion; vertical movement (e.g. in an earthquake)
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Examples (21 in total)
It's upside down.
The hierarchy of status was clear.
Eventually, the top and bottom will reverse.
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