上じょう品ひん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Describes manners, speech, clothing, design, taste, or atmosphere as refined and tasteful. Often has a positive contrast with flashy, coarse, or vulgar.

彼かの女じょは上じょう品ひんな話はなし方かたをする。
She speaks in a refined way.
この店みせは上じょう品ひんなデザインの服ふくが多おおい。
This shop has many clothes with elegant designs.

noun

high-quality goods; first-class article

Noun use referring to goods of superior quality. This sense is much less common in everyday modern Japanese than the adjectival sense; 高級品 or 良品 is often more natural today.

古ふるい商しょう品ひん分ぶん類るいでは、上じょう品ひんは品ひん質しつの高たかい品しなを指さす。
In older product classifications, 上品 refers to goods of high quality.

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Usage patterns

上じょう品ひんな〈物もの〉an elegant/refined (thing), e.g. clothing, design, or manner
彼かの女じょはいつも上じょう品ひんなドレスを着きている。
She always wears elegant dresses.
上じょう品ひんに〈動どう詞し〉to do something in a refined, tasteful manner
彼かの女じょは上じょう品ひんに食しょく事じをする。
She eats in a refined manner.
〈人ひと〉の言こと葉ば遣づかいが上じょう品ひんだsomeone's way of speaking is refined
彼かの女じょの言こと葉ば遣づかいはとても上じょう品ひんだ。
Her way of speaking is very refined.

Kanji

上above, up
品goods, refinement, dignity

Related words· 19

優ゆう雅がN1sense 1
優雅 emphasizes graceful, leisurely elegance (often aristocratic movement or atmosphere), while 上品 more broadly describes refined taste and manners.
高こう級きゅうN3sense 1
高級 focuses on high grade, price, or class of goods and services, while 上品 focuses on tasteful, refined quality regardless of price.
洗せん練れんN2
上品 emphasizes classical elegance and good manners, while 洗練 suggests a more modern, cultivated polish in taste or design.
優ゆう
上品 is the everyday word for refined or elegant manner, while 優 in its 'graceful' sense is literary and old-fashioned.

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凛りん
凛 describes a dignified, noble bearing often tied to composure, while 上品 focuses on refined elegance in manner or taste.
アロマ
上品 describes refined elegance in general, while アロマ in this sense specifically evokes a sophisticated, tasteful atmosphere in fashion or design.
しっとりN2
上品 describes overall elegance or refinement, while しっとり specifically evokes a quiet, gentle, composed mood or atmosphere.
しとやかN1
上品 describes refined elegance in people or things generally, while 淑やか specifically describes a woman's gentle, modest demeanor.
エレガントN2
上品 is a native Japanese word for refined or elegant that can feel more traditional or understated, while エレガント is a loanword with a modern, fashionable nuance.
雅が
雅 is a literary, somewhat archaic word for refined elegance, while 上品 is the everyday adjective for something elegant or classy.
高こう尚しょうN1
上品 describes elegance in appearance or manners, while 高尚 refers to intellectual or moral elevation in ideas and tastes.
エレガンス
上品 describes refined, tasteful behavior or appearance in general, whereas エレガンス specifically evokes a stylish, Western-influenced elegance.
粋いきN1
上品 means refined or elegant in a general, often formal sense, whereas 粋 specifically evokes the cool, effortless sophistication of Edo-style taste.
優ゆう美びN1
優美 highlights aesthetic grace and elegance, whereas 上品 emphasizes good taste and classiness in behavior or appearance.
清せい楚そ
上品 describes refined elegance and good taste in general, while 清楚 stresses simplicity and modest neatness, especially in a person's look.
ノーブル
上品 is the everyday word for refined manners, taste, or appearance, whereas ノーブル carries a stronger association with nobility or aristocratic dignity.
シックN1
上品 means tasteful and dignified in a general sense, while シック is more specifically about a fashionable, chic look.
気き品ひんN1
上品 is a common adjective meaning tasteful or classy, while 気品 is a noun describing a deeper, almost noble quality of refinement.
高こう貴き
上品 means elegant or refined in a general, everyday sense, whereas 高貴 implies a higher, more formal level of nobility or dignity.

Opposites· 10

下げ品ひんN3sense 1
下品 describes something as vulgar or coarse, the direct opposite of 上品's refined and tasteful sense.
粗そ野や
上品 describes elegant, refined manners, the direct opposite of the crude, unpolished quality described by 粗野.
卑ひ猥わい
上品 means refined and elegant, the direct opposite of the crude, indecent quality described by 卑猥.

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野や蛮ばんN1
上品 means refined and elegant, the direct opposite of 野蛮's sense of crudeness and lack of refinement.
卑いやしいN1
上品 means refined and elegant, the opposite of 卑しい's sense of vulgar or base behavior.
ワイルド
上品 describes refined, elegant manners or appearance, the opposite of the rough, untamed feel of ワイルド.
はしたないN1
上品 describes refined, elegant behavior or taste, the direct opposite of はしたない's improper, unrefined conduct.
えげつない
上品 means refined and elegant, the opposite of the crude, shockingly nasty quality described by えげつない.
安やすっぽいN1
上品 means elegant and tasteful, contrasting with the tacky, cheap feel described by 安っぽい.
露ろ骨こつN1
上品 describes refined, tasteful expression, contrasting with 露骨's crude, overly explicit tone in sexual or vulgar contexts.

Word family

上じょう品ひんぶる
put on airs; act refined; be prudish

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written with 上 “upper; superior” and 品 “quality; article; goods.” The spelling directly matches both the idea of refinement and, in the noun sense, superior-quality goods.