Kana: うえ

on; above; up

Example sentence

テーブルの上にりんごがあります。

てーぶるのうえにりんごがあります。

There is an apple on the table.

What 上 means

(うえ) is an Japanese word meaning “on; above; up”. It belongs to the Places & Travel topic and appears at Level 1, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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