上世かみつよalso: じょうせいじ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounantiquity; ancient timesRefers to the distant past, often in historical or literary contexts. The reading じょうせい is standard; かみつよ is archaic.上じょう世せいの遺い跡せきから貴き重ちょうな土ど器きが発はっ掘くつされた。Break this sentence down in the analyzerValuable pottery was excavated from the ruins of ancient times.この風ふう習しゅうは上じょう世せいにまで遡さかのぼることができる。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThis custom can be traced back to antiquity.