"うえ" meaning in Japanese

See うえ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟e̞] Forms: ue [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{ja-see|上|筌}} Head templates: {{ja-noun}} うえ • (ue)
  1. hunger
    Sense id: en-うえ-ja-noun-W6uk-5QV Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 12 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 11 18
  2. starvation
    Sense id: en-うえ-ja-noun-vc1pmRUA Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 56 21 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 25 53 22 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 25 53 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 53 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 空腹 (kūfuku) (ruby: 空腹(くうふく))
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [ɯ̟e̞] Forms: ue [romanization]
Etymology templates: {{ja-see|上|筌}} Head templates: {{ja-verb form|うえ}} うえ • (ue)
  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of うえる (ueru) [ichidan]
    Sense id: en-うえ-ja-verb-CZEpy4tF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for うえ meaning in Japanese (2.1kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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