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上下 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
上下
BOOST
Reading : じょうげ   
noun
1. top and bottom; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends; up and down
2. going up and down; rising and falling; fluctuating
3. going and coming back
noun
4. upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people
5. first and second volumes
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 176,841 which gives a rank of 96
上下 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 3,000 (about 380,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2668 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3729
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
わたし
たいじゅう
体重
70キロ
すう
キロ
じょうげ
上下
ある
I weigh 70 kilos, give or take a few kilos.
ぶらんこ
じょうげ
上下
うご
いている

The swing is moving up and down.
バス
じょうげ
上下
はげ
しく
れた

The bus rocked heavily up and down.
じょうげ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 172,000 (about 431,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだ to descend   くだ to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
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