かみ

上

N5Common wordNoun

Noun

upper reaches (of a river)•upper stream

Noun

top•upper part•upper half (of the body)

Noun

long ago

Noun

beginning•first

Noun

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

Noun

government•imperial court

Noun

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

Noun

head (of a table)

Noun

wife•mistress (of a restaurant)

Example Sentences

この川(かわ)の上(かみ)はまだ水(みず)がきれいだ。

The upper reaches of this river still have clean water.

川(かわ)の上(かみ)のほうには小(ちい)さな滝(たき)があります。

There is a small waterfall further upstream on the river.

村人(むらびと)たちは昔(むかし)、川(かわ)の上(かみ)に神社(じんじゃ)を建(た)てたそうだ。

I heard that villagers built a shrine in the upper reaches of the river long ago.

上(かみ)から流(なが)れてきた木(き)の枝(えだ)が橋(はし)にひっかかっていた。

A branch that had drifted down from upstream got caught on the bridge.

above, up

ジョウ / うえ