Definition: 意味
above; up; over; top; surface
Learn Japanese vocabulary: 上 【うえ】(ue)
Meaning:
- above; up; over
- top; summit; head
- surface
- on top of that; besides; what’s more; not only … but
Type: Noun, Suffix
Level: JLPT N5 Vocabulary
上 - Example Sentences 例文
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Example #1
テーブルの上にあります。
テーブルのうえにあります。
teeburu no ue ni arimasu.
It's on top of the table.
Example #2
その上にすわらないでください。
そのうえにすわらないでください。
sono ue ni suwaranai de kudasai.
Please don't sit on top of that.
Example #3
氷の上を歩く。
こおりのうえをあるく。
koori no ue wo aruku.
To walk over ice.
Example #4
上を見ればきりがない。
うえをみればきりがない。
ue wo mireba kiri ga nai.
Don't aspire too high.
Example #5
彼女の猫が木の上に登った。
かのじょのねこがきのうえにのぼった。
kanojo no neko ga ki no ue ni nobotta.
Her cat climbed to the top of the tree.
Example #6
彼は上をむいて空を見ていた。
かれはうえをむいてそらをみていた。
kare wa ue wo muite sora wo miteita.
He was looking up towards the sky.
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