上下 – Vocabulary details

上じょう下げ

Noun

1. top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down

Noun

Verb (する)

2. going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating

3. going and coming back

Noun

4. upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people

5. first and second volumes

above

below

じょ

うげ

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)

up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right

pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy

vertical motion (in earthquakes)

上じょう下げ逆ぎゃくだよ。

It's upside down.

ぶらんこが上じょう下げに動うごいている。

The swing is moving up and down.

彼かれは首くびを上じょう下げに振ふった。

He shook his head up and down.

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