Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じょう)() (jōgoじやうご (zyaugo)?

  1. a heavy drinker; a person who likes drinking alcohol
    Antonym: 下戸 (geko)
  2. (in compounds) a person who has some habit when drinking alcohol
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じょう)() (jōkoじやうこ (zyauko)?

  1. in the ritsuryō (律令) system, a household ( (ko)) containing six or seven able-bodied men (正丁 (seitei))
    Coordinate terms: 大戸 (taiko), 中戸 (chūko), 下戸 (geko)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
うえ
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
上戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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(うえ)() (Uetoうへと (Ufeto)?

  1. a surname

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN