洋よう上じょう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

on the sea; offshore; maritime

Refers to something happening, located, or operating on the open sea or ocean, often in contrast to land or coastal areas. Common in news and technical contexts.

洋よう上じょう風ふう力りょく発はつ電でんは再さい生せい可

か

能のう

エネルギー

の

一ひと

つ

だ

。

Offshore wind power is one form of renewable energy.

船ふねは洋よう上じょうで嵐あらしに遭そう遇ぐうした。

The ship encountered a storm on the open sea.

Usage patterns

洋よう上じょうで〈動どう詞し〉to do something out on the sea
洋よう上じょうで救きゅう助じょ活かつ動どうが行おこなわれた。
A rescue operation was carried out at sea.
洋よう上じょうに〈物もの〉が浮うかぶfor something to float on the open sea
洋よう上じょうに大おおきな船ふねが浮うかんでいた。
A large ship was floating on the open sea.

Kanji

洋ocean, sea, foreign
上above, up

Related words

海かい上じょうN1
海上 is the general word for 'on the sea/maritime', while 洋上 specifically emphasizes the open ocean or far-offshore areas.
沖おき合あい
沖合 focuses on the offshore zone visible from land, whereas 洋上 more broadly describes being out on the open sea itself.
公こう海かい
公海 is a legal term for international waters outside any nation's jurisdiction, while 洋上 is a plain descriptive term for being on the sea.

Opposites

陸りく上じょうN1
陸上 means 'on land', the direct opposite of 洋上, which means 'on the sea'.

Word family

洋よう上じょう投とう票ひょう
on-the-sea ballot; maritime absentee voting
洋よう上じょう風ふう力りょく発はつ電でん
offshore wind power generation

Etymology

Compound of 洋 (ocean) and 上 (on, above). The reading ようじょう is the standard on'yomi combination.