年上

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Chinese

year
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
simp. and trad.
(年上)
anagram 上年

Pronunciation


Noun

年上

  1. (ACG) older person (in yaoi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
とし
Grade: 1
うえ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of (toshi, year; age) +‎ (ue, up; high, higher).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

(とし)(うえ) (toshiueとしうへ (tosiufe)?

  1. elder-ness, seniority: the state of being older than others
  2. an older person, a senior

Antonyms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN