上しょう下か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

top and bottom; up and down; high and low

Refers to the spatial relationship between upper and lower parts, or movement between them. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to move up and down'.

• エレベーターが上じょう下げする。

  The elevator goes up and down.

• 棚たなの上じょう下げに本ほんを並ならべた。

  I arranged books on the top and bottom shelves.

noun

upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

Only with reading しょうか

Refers to social hierarchy, such as the relationship between the governing and the governed. Only read as しょうか.

• 上しょう下かの区く別べつなく意い見けんを言いい合あう。

  We exchange opinions without distinction between high and low status.