以上 (いじょう) — more than, above

以い上じょう more than

Frequency #76 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 4 2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. no-adjective conjunction expression noun

ijou

いじょう

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. いじょう[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

more than
above

Explained in simple Japanese

そのかずとおなじか、それより多(おお)いことをあらわすことば。

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Usage examples

必要ひつよう以上いじょうに物ものを運はこぶことや、間違まちがえた仕事しごとをやり直なおすことも考かんがえる対象たいしょうになります。

Hitsuyou ijou ni mono o hakobu koto ya, machigaeta shigoto o yarinaosu koto mo kangaeru taishou ni narimasu.

Moving things more than necessary and redoing work done incorrectly are also things to examine.

小さく直して、大きく変える — トヨタの考え方 · MojiMori（AIオリジナル） · 第2章　改善は、小さな実験

+more (1)

Adjective forms

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