上うえ様さま

noun

emperor; shogun

Historical honorific for the emperor or shogun; used in pre-modern contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、上うえ様さまは将しょう軍ぐんを指さす敬けい称しょうだった。

  In the Edo period, 上様 was an honorific title for the shogun.

noun

honored person

General honorific for a person of high status; now rare and mostly historical.

• かつては、目め上うえの人ひとを上うえ様さまと呼よぶことがあった。

  In the past, people sometimes called their superiors 上様.

noun

(another person's) wife

Only with reading かみさま

Polite, old-fashioned term for someone else's wife; reading restricted to かみさま.

• 「お宅たくの上うえ様さまはお元げん気きですか」は、今いまではあまり使つかわれない丁てい寧ねいな言いい方かただ。

  'Is your wife well?' is a polite expression that is rarely used nowadays.