上

かみ

• Noun

  common noun
  1. upper reaches (of a river); upper stream.

     Antonym(s): 下 .

  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

     See also 御上 .

  6. government; imperial court.
  7. imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto); capital region (i.e. Kansai); region (or direction of) the imperial palace.

     See also 上方 .

  8. head (of a table).
  9. wife; mistress (of a restaurant).

     honorific