上じょう中ちゅう下げ

noun

excellent, good, poor; first, second, third class

Used for ranking or grading into three tiers: top, middle, bottom. Common in contexts like product quality, performance, or academic evaluation.

• このお茶ちゃは上じょう中ちゅう下げの三さん段だん階かいで評ひょう価かされる。

  This tea is graded on a three-tier scale of excellent, good, and poor.

• 成せい績せきは上じょう中ちゅう下げで表あらわされることがある。

  Grades are sometimes expressed as top, middle, and bottom.

noun

three volumes (of a literary work)

Refers to a work published in three physical volumes, often labeled 上巻, 中巻, 下巻. The term itself is a collective noun for the set.

• この小しょう説せつは上じょう中ちゅう下げの三さん巻かんからなる。

  This novel consists of three volumes: first, second, and third.