- 1〔ある場所の上と下〕上下の vertical
上下に up and down; vertically
- 絵をわざと上下逆さまにかけた
- He hung the picture upside down on purpose.
- 2〔上下そろいの服〕a suit; a matching jacket and trousers [skirt]
- 3〔上りと下り〕上下する go up and down
- 船が川を上下している
- Boats are going up and down the river.
- 上下線とも不通です
- The service of both up and down trains has been suspended.
- 4〔変動〕fluctuation
上下する rise and fall
- 物価の上下
- fluctuations in prices
- 5〔身分・地位などの上と下〕
- 上下の別なく
- irrespective of social standing
- うちのクラブは上下関係が厳しい
- Our club has a strict pecking order.
- 6〔上巻と下巻〕the first and second volumes
- この本は上下で8,000円だ
- The two-volume set costs 8,000 yen.
- 上下水道water and sewage;《英》 water and drainage services
- 上下動an up-and-down motion;〔地震の〕a vertical (earthquake) shock