I Love Kanji上品 (jouhin)
上品 (じょうひん, jouhin) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “elegant; refined”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- じょうひん
- Romaji
- jouhin
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- elegant; refined; polished; stylish; sophisticated · な-adjective
- high-quality goods; first-class article · noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 上品
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 上品だ | じょうひんだ jouhinda |
| Present (polite) | 上品です | じょうひんです jouhindesu |
| Negative | 上品じゃない | じょうひんじゃない jouhinjanai |
| Past | 上品だった | じょうひんだった jouhindatta |
| Negative past | 上品じゃなかった | じょうひんじゃなかった jouhinjanakatta |
| Te-form | 上品で | じょうひんで jouhinde |
| Before a noun | 上品な | じょうひんな jouhinna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 上品に | じょうひんに jouhinni |
Kanji in 上品
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 上品.
上うえabove上着うわぎcoat上手じょうずskillful上げるあげるto raise屋上おくじょうrooftop以上いじょうnot less than ...上がるあがるto rise申し上げるもうしあげるto say差し上げるさしあげるto lift up召し上がるめしあがるto eat上じょうfrom the standpoint of上かみupper reaches (of a river)上京じょうきょうgoing (up) to the capital上達じょうたつimprovement (e.g. in skill, ability)
Source: JMdict entry 1354230 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.