うえ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of うえ – see the following entries.
【上】1
[noun] the above
[noun] the top (position or direction)
[noun] the surface
[noun] superiority (in skill, age, level, etc.)
[suffix] suffix addressing to a superior
[proper noun] a surname
【筌】H
[noun] a device placed in a river used to capture fish
(This term, うえ (ue), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as うえ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うえ.)

Etymology 2

Alternative spellings
飢え
餓え
饑え

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うえ [ùéꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟e̞]

Noun

うえ • (ue) 

  1. hunger
  2. starvation
Synonyms

Verb

うえ • (ue) 

  1. imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of うえる (ueru) [ichidan]

References

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