じょう

Superior; upper; first volume (of a book)

N3noun·jou

How to remember it

上 means 'up/above'; read じょう, it marks the upper or superior rank in compounds.

Example sentences

  • 上の等級の品は高価だ。

    じょうのとうきゅうのしなはこうかだ。

    Superior-grade goods are expensive.

  • 第一巻の上巻を読み終えた。

    だいいっかんのじょうかんをよみおえた。

    I finished reading the upper volume of the first set.

Usage

Mostly a bound morpheme in compounds like 上巻 (first volume) or 上級 (advanced).

Related words

上巻上級上位

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