Skip to main content
4 events
when toggle format what by license comment
Jan 23, 2016 at 20:01 comment added strawberry jam Meanings change in compounds. From your answer it seems like you're stating that it means vertical when outside of a compound too. This page supports the notion that it doesn't: ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E4%B8%8A%E4%B8%8B
Jan 23, 2016 at 19:56 comment added Brian Chandler Hmm. Which dictionary did you look at? Look at all the ja:WP articles beginning 上下, and the first is 上下関係, which has nothing necessarily to do with motion.
Jan 23, 2016 at 19:37 comment added strawberry jam 上下 can be used to mean "vertical" when describing motion(e.g. an earthquake's) but it most certainly cannot be used to mean "vertical" in any case that doesn't involve motion. At least I couldn't find any dictionary entry that states otherwise.
Jan 23, 2016 at 19:27 history answered Brian Chandler CC BY-SA 3.0