expression:

• above all else

noun:

• artificially flooded salt farm above the high-tide mark ➜ 入り浜
• captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones ➜ 上げ石

noun:

• floor above; floor upstairs ➜ 下階

noun:

• above average

expression:

• above all; especially

adjectival noun / noun:

• the above-mentioned

noun:

• inundation above floor level

adverb:

• above all; especially; particularly; all the more

noun:

• purple curtain on the hanging roof above the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• "as above" mark

noun:

• above the knee

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• a cut above the rest; superior; respectable; full-fledged; something uncommon
• one field; one matter

adverb:

• suitably; reasonably

noun / ~する noun:

• a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台割れ

noun / ~の noun:

• above-mentioned

noun:

• placing women above men - four character idiom

noun:

• same as above; ditto; ibid.

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to tower above; to stand out ➜ ずば抜ける

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• mountains rising one above another - four character idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• above one's means (station); undue

noun:

• a cut above; one step above

noun:

• putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism - four character idiom

~の noun / noun / ~する noun:

• above-mentioned; above-stated; aforementioned; aforesaid

expression:

• given the above

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• river raised above the surrounding land