上様

(The following entry is uncreated: 上がり様.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 上げ様.)

Compound of 上 (ue, “up, above”) +‎ 様 (-sama, honorific suffix).[1][2]

Cited to texts from the late 1300s.[1]

• (Tokyo) う​えさま [úꜜèsàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4]
• (Tokyo) うえ​さま [ùéꜜsàmà] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞sa̠ma̠]

上(うえ)様(さま) • (uesama) ^{←うへさま (ufesama)?}

1. [from late 1300s] (honorific, address) form of address or reference for an emperor, shogun, or other individual of high social status: noble superior, Majesty, Highness, lordship
   • 2006 November 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)百(ひゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)八(はち)訓(くん)　運(うん)に身(み)分(ぶん)は関(かん)係(けい)ない [Lesson 128: Luck Has Nothing to Do with Social Status]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     …銀(ぎん)サン　今(いま)…上(うえ)様(さま)ってきこえませんでした

     …Gin-san ima…Ue-sama tte kikoemasen deshita

     …Gin-san, just now… I think I heard him say Ue-sama

     きこえたな…いや　でもまさか　ねェ　今(いま)　上(うえ)様(さま)って…

     Kikoeta na…Iya demo masaka Nē ima Ue-sama tte…

     I heard it too… But it can’t be. Hey, did he just say Ue-sama…

     んなわけないでしょ　どうして　天(てん)下(か)の将(しょう)軍(ぐん)様(さま)が　こんなキャバクラに来(く)るの　さぁ　どうぞ上(うえ)様(さま)こちらですぅ

     Nna wakenai desho Dōshite tenka no shōgun-sama ga konna kyabakura ni kuruno Sā dōzo Ue-sama kochira desū

     No way. Why would the shōgun ever come to this cabaret? Ue-sama, please come this way

     いや　今(いま)　お前(まえ)も上(うえ)様(さま)って言(い)ったろ

     Iya ima omae mo Ue-sama tte ittaro

     But you just said Ue-sama, too

     上(うえ)様(さま)なんてよくある名(な)前(まえ)アル　領(りょう)収(しゅう)書(しょ)なんてほとんど上(うえ)様(さま)ネ

     Ue-sama nante yoku aru namae aru Ryōshūsho nante hotondo Ue-sama ne

     Ue-sama is a common name, eh? Most receipts are addressed to Ue-sama

     いや　でも

     Iya demo

     Yeah, but

     上(うえ)杉(すぎ)さんとかきき間(ま)違(ちが)えたのではないか

     Uesugi-san toka kiki machigaeta no de wa nai ka

     Maybe you misheard it for Uesugi-san or something?

2. (honorific, address) form of address or reference in formal correspondence: sir or madam; or in documentation, such as a receipt: valued customer (also encountered with the reading jōsama)
   • 2005 December 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)八(はち)十(じゅう)一(いち)訓(くん)　扇(せん)風(ぷう)機(き)つけっぱなしで寝(ね)ちゃうとお腹(おか)こわしちゃうから気(き)を付(つ)けて [Lesson 81: Be Careful When Sleeping with the Fan on or You’ll Get a Stomachache]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)) [Silver Soul], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     地(ち)球(きゅう)防(ぼう)衛(えい)軍(ぐん)より
     上(うえ)様(さま)へ

     Chikyū Bōeigun yori
     Ue-sama e

     From the Earth Defense Force
     Dear Sir or Madam

Compound of 上 (ue, “up, above”) +‎ 様 (-sama, “state, condition, way”).[1][2] The sama changes to zama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Cited to the 宇治拾遺物語 (Uji Shūi Monogatari) of the 1200s.[2]

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝe̞za̠ma̠]

上(うえ)様(ざま) • (uezama) ^{←うへざま (ufezama)?}

1. [1200s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) up, the upward direction

   Synonyms: 上 (ue), 上の方 (ue no hō)

   Antonyms: 下 (shita), 下の方 (shita no hō)

Compound of 上 (kami, “upper, above”) +‎ 様 (-sama, honorific suffix).[1][2]

Cited to the 義経記 (Gikeiki) of roughly the mid-1300s.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲisa̠ma̠]

上(かみ)様(さま) • (kamisama) 

1. (archaic, possibly obsolete)
2. [1300s–???] (honorific, address) form of address or reference for the wife of a daimyo, lord, or other individual of high social status: honored superior, milady

   Synonym: 奥方 (okukgata)

3. [1675–???] (honorific, address) during the Edo period, form of address or reference for a widow or elderly mother of a household of good social standing

   Synonym: (widow, dowager) 後室様 (kōshitsu-sama)

4. [1689–???] (honorific, address) during the Edo period, form of address or reference used by townsfolk for someone else's wife or mother

   Synonym: おかみさん (o-kami-san)

Not to be confused with 神様 (Kami-sama, “God”).

Compound of 上 (kami, “upper, above”) +‎ 様 (-sama, “state, condition, way”).[1][2] The sama changes to zama as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Cited to 枕草子 (The Pillow Book) of roughly 1000 CE.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ka̠mʲiza̠ma̠]

上(かみ)様(ざま) • (kamizama) 

1. [1200s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) up, the upward direction

   Synonyms: 上 (ue), 上の方 (ue no hō)

   Antonyms: 下様 (shimozama), 下 (shita), 下の方 (shita no hō)

• かみさん (kamisan)
• おかみさん (okamisan)

Compound of 上 (jō, “top-class, the best”) +‎ 様 (sama, honorific suffix).[1][2]

Likely a shift from uesama, replacing the 訓読み (kun'yomi) of ue with the 音読み (on'yomi) of jō. Possibly influenced by homophone 嬢様 (jōsama, “princess”, honorific term of reference for someone else's daughter).

• (Tokyo) じょ​ーさま [jóꜜòsàmà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːsa̠ma̠]

上(じょう)様(さま) • (jōsama) ^{←じやうさま (zyausama)?}

1. (honorific, address) form of address or reference in formal correspondence: dear sir or madam; or in documentation, such as a receipt: valued customer (also encountered with the reading uesama)