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上下

Pronunciation: [a̠ɡa̠ɾʲio̞ɾʲi]

“上下” is a Japanese word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ascending and descending, ascent and descent
  2. rise and fall, fluctuation (as a level of something, such as a price)
  3. raising and lowering of something
  4. loading and unloading (as of the cargo in a ship)
  5. weaving on a loom (from the way the warp is raised and lowered)
  6. bringing something back up and passing something → vomiting and having diarrhea
  7. the raising and lowering of prices
  8. praising and berating someone
  9. good times and bad times, thick and thin, ups and downs
  10. the start and finish of something (such as the process of setting a table for a meal, and then clearing up afterwards)
  11. the ebb and flow of the tides
  12. up and down, the upper and the lower
  13. the nobility and the commoners

verb

  1. to ascend and descend, to go up and go down
  2. to rise and fall, to fluctuate (as a level of something, such as a price)
  3. to raise and lower something
  4. to raise and lower prices
  5. to praise and berate someone
  6. to start and finish something (such as the process of setting a table for a meal, and then clearing up afterwards)
  7. to ebb and flow, such as the tides

Etymology

Compound of 上(あ)がり (agari, “rising, going up”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 上(あ)がる (agaru, “to rise, to go up”)) + 下(お)り (ori, “descending, going down”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 下(お)りる (oriru, “to descend, to go down”)).

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