LingakuFrequency rank: 3,760. – 3,763.
- top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends
- upside-downsee also 上下になる
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends
- upside-down
This meaning refers to the relative position or orientation of objects. It is used to describe the vertical arrangement or the relationship between two contrasting entities.
The fruits are stacked top and bottom.
He is moving up and down.
This meaning indicates a state of inversion or reversal. It is used to describe something that is turned over so that the bottom is on top.
Generated collocations (experimental)
じょうげかんけい上下関係hierarchical relationshipじょうげ上下うんどう運動up and down movementじょうげ上下のばらんすバランスbalance of highs and lowsじょうげさかさま上下逆さまupside downじょうげ上下ぶんり分離separation of top and bottomじょうげかん上下巻two-volume edition (referring to a book split into two parts)じょうげ上下にわける分けるto divide into upper and lower partsじょうげ上下のきょうかい境界boundary between top and bottomじょうげさゆう上下左右up, down, left, and rightじょうげ上下うんどう運動をするto make an up and down movement
Example sentences
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He has a habit of moving his head up and down when he is listening to a conversation.
In an earthquake, the ground can shake up and down, or back and forth.
I turned the table upside down to fix it.
The temperature of the human body hovers around 37°C.
It's a lot of trouble to write my name, because it takes 50 strokes to write both my first and last names.