上下

うえした しょうか じょうか じょうげ じょう げ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down

水上下

みずかみしも

light blue samurai costume commonly worn when committing suicide

上下線

じょうげせん

both (railway) tracks, (both) up and down tracks (lines)

下克上

げこくじょう

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

上下動

じょうげどう

vertical motion (in earthquakes)

上中下

じょうちゅうげ かみなかか

excellent-good-poor, first-second-third (class)

下剋上

げこくじょう

juniors dominating seniors, retainer supplanting his lord

上下限

じょうげげん

upper and lower limit

上下巻

じょうげかん

first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two

上下列

じょうげれつ

upper and lower rows

艮下艮上

ごんかごんしょう うしとらかうしとらじょう

one of the 64 trigrams

上り下り

のぼりくだり のぼりおり

rising and falling, going up and down

下意上達

かいじょうたつ

conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be

今上陛下

きんじょうへいか

the reigning emperor, His Majesty the Emperor

上下水道

じょうげすいどう

water and sewer services

上意下達

じょういかたつ

conveying the will of the governing to the governed

下り上り

おりのぼり くだりのぼり

going up and down

下学上達

かがくじょうたつ かがくしょうたつ

beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning

上げ下げ

あげさげ

raising and lowering, praising and blaming, modulation