Illustration: In a compact children's bedroom, one sibling leans over the safety rail of the upper bunk while the other sits on the lower bunk directly beneath. The upper child lowers a small plush bear by its paw, and the lower child stretches upward to receive it.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

上じょう下げ

jouge

up and down, top and bottom

Example sentences

ぶらんこが上下じょうげに動うごいている。
The swing is moving up and down.
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彼かれは首くびを上下じょうげに振ふった。
He shook his head up and down.
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バスは上下じょうげに激はげしく揺ゆれた。
The bus rocked heavily up and down.
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Kanji in 上下

上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
下below; downOnカ・ゲKunした・しも・もと

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