Illustration: A hiker crouches beside a narrow mountain stream flowing between large rocks beneath Japanese cedar trees. Just above them, several tiny rivulets join below a rocky spring.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

上じょう流りゅう

jouryuu

upper reaches of a river

Example sentences

  1. 橋はしの上流じょうりゅうに私わたしはボートを見みた。

    I saw a boat above the bridge.

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  2. この橋はしの上流じょうりゅうに水車小屋すいしゃこやがある。

    There is a water mill above the bridge.

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  3. この川かわの約やく１キロ上流じょうりゅうに橋はしがあります。

    There is a bridge about one kilometer up this river.

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Kanji in 上流

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ
  • 流current; a sinkOnリュウ・ルKunながれる・ながれ・ながす

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