Illustration: At a neighborhood café in Japan, an older woman in a simple, beautifully fitted blouse sits upright with relaxed shoulders. She lifts a small porcelain teacup with an unhurried, delicate gesture, keeping her saucer neatly positioned and her belongings arranged beside her chair.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

上じょう品ひん

jouhin

elegant, refined

Example sentences

  1. もうちょっと上品じょうひんにできないの。

    You could try and be a bit more civilized.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょは非常ひじょうに上品じょうひんな女性じょせいです。

    She is a very refined lady.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれはハンサムですてきなのだけど上品じょうひんとはいえないわ。

    He’s handsome and nice, but he has no class.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 上品

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
  • 品goods; refinementOnヒン・ホンKunしな

A word like this on every new tab

The Bebop Chrome extension shows one illustrated Japanese word each time you open a new tab in Chrome, with its reading, meaning, kanji and three example sentences. Choose any mix of levels from N5 to beyond N1. It’s free, with no account.

The Bebop new tab showing 音楽, music, over an illustration of a family playing music at home, with three example sentences
Add to Chrome Free on the Chrome Web Store
For Chrome on a computer. See it on the Chrome Web Store