上

うえ

• Adjective / Noun / Suffix noun

  common noun, no-adjective, adverbial noun
  1. above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter).
  2. top; summit.
  3. surface; on.
  4. before; previous.
  5. superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder).
  6. on top of that; besides; what's more.
  7. upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after).
  8. matters concerning...; as concerns ....
  9. since (i.e. "for that reason").

     as ...上は

• Suffix noun
  1. suffix indicating higher social standing.

     honorific

     See also 父上 .

  2. place of one's superior (i.e. the throne).

     archaism

  3. emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo.

     archaism

  4. noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman).

     archaism