Usage patterns
上・中・下used to rank things into three levels: top, middle, and bottom
Grades are evaluated on a three-level scale: high, middle, and low.
〈物〉を上下に分けるto split a work into a first and last volume
This novel was published split into two volumes, first and last.
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下の下the lowest of its kind; the poorest; rock bottom 中の下slightly below average; lower middle 無下にするdisregard; treat as useless; not make good use of 下衆の勘繰りpetty-minded suspicion; deliberately bad interpretation 下衆の後知恵hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit
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卑下も自慢のうちtoo much humility is pride; taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging 無下にはできないcan't be let go to waste; can't be neglected
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