上
Meanings
Noun
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) (Honorific)
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) (Honorific)
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かみ
Used in vocabulary
上二段活用
conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)
Noun