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上品: 231 Terms and Phrases

上品
elegant
refined
polished
Buddhism's highest paradise
Ueshina
Kamishina
bon ton
gentility
refinement
Jobon

上品語
genteelism

上品山
Joubonsan

上品寺
Joubonji

上品濃
Kamishinano

上品野
Kamishinano

上品さ
chic
class
daintiness
refinement

上品に
daintily
modestly
politely

上品な
chic
dainty
decent
decorous
drawing-room
elegant
genteel
gentle
graceful
gracious
nice
polished
polite
proper
refined
respectable
seemly
sophisticated
stylish
tasteful
tony
well-bred

上品な人
sophisticate

上品振る
to give oneself airs
to be prudish

上品寺町
Joubonjichou

上品野町
Kamishinanochou

上品中生
Jobon chusho

上品下生
Jobon gesho

上品上生
Jobon josho

上品ぶる
to give oneself airs
to be prudish
do the genteel

上品なもの
nicety

趣味が上品
in taste

上品ぶった
demure
genteel
sophisticated

上品蓮台寺
Jobonrendai-ji Temple

上品な趣味
refined taste

上品な紳士
a fine gentleman

上品な気品
chic elegance

上品な衣服
classy clothes

を上品にする
polish

上品で豪華な
elegant and sumptuous

上品な老婦人
a genteel old lady

素朴な上品さ
artless elegance

上品な態度で
in a refined manner
in a genteel manner
in an elegant manner

上品ぶった態度
gentility

上品に、装った
decently clothed

上品な振る舞い
seemly behavior

上品なやり方で
in a tasteful way

一般的な上品さ
common decency

気取って上品な
affectedly genteel

上品ぶった態度で
in a prudish manner

まさに極上品だね。
It is a hat of the very best quality.

優雅に上品な態度で
in a gracefully elegant manner

典雅に上品な態度で
in an elegantly luxuriant way

話し方が上品な紳士
a well-spoken gentleman

上品なダークスーツ
an elegant dark suit

上品に揺れ動く歩き
a graceful swingy walk

上品さのひとかけら
a spark of decency

上品なティーカップ
a dainty teacup

見えを張って上品な
pretentiously elegant

勇敢または上品な紳士
a gallant or courtly gentleman

上品ぶった外見を装う
assume a prim appearance

知的な上品さを持つ人
a man of intellectual refinement

彼女は上品ぶっている。
She is prudish.

上上品・上中品・上下品
The highest of higher-quality goods, the highest of middle grade goods, and the highest of lower-quality goods.

中上品・中中品・中下品
The middle of higher-quality goods, the middle of middle grade goods, and the middle of lower-quality goods.

下上品・下中品・下下品
The lowest of higher-quality goods, the lowest of middle grade goods, and the lowest of lower-quality goods.

上品で美しい動作、表現
elegance and beauty of movement or expression

目立って、上品な優雅さ
distinctive and stylish elegance

過分に上品で洗練された
lavishly elegant and refined

17世紀の上品な宮廷舞踊
a stately court dance in the 17th century

豪華さを演出する上品な皿
a dainty dish to set before a kind

彼らはかなり上品に働いた
they performed with great polish

上品蓮台寺　千本鞍馬口上ル
Joborendai-ji Temple, Senbon-Kuramaguchi Agaru (to the north of Senbon-Kuramaguchi)

正面北扉（2面）上品中生図
Front northern door (2): Jobon Chusho-zu

正面南扉（2面）上品下生図
Front southern door (2): Jobon Gesho-zu

これ見よがしの上品なホテル
an ostentatiously elegant hotel

彼女は非常に上品な女性です。
She is a very refined lady.

正面中央扉（2面）上品上生図
Front middle door (2): Jobon Josho-zu

上品、あるいは洗練を気取った
affectedly dainty or refined

上品で渋みのある芸で知られた。
He was widely admired for his performance with elegance and astringency.

彼女は上品な態度をしています。
She has an elegant manner.

彼女は行儀が極めて上品である。
She is quite decent in conduct.

年は上品に取りたいものですね。
I want to age gracefully.

もうちょっと上品にできないの。
You could try and be a bit more civilized.

潔癖で、極端にお上品である性質
the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined

上品さ、または美的さが不十分な
deficient in tastefulness or beauty

かつて上品な寺は事実上崩壊した
the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin

彼の身なりは、非常に上品だった
his getup was exceedingly elegant

彼女は衣服の選び方が上品だった
she was refined in her choice of apparel

脚を交差させずに上品に座っている
sitting primly with uncrossed legs

特に小麦粉などの穀物の上品な食事
fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat

招待状は上品に白と金で書かれていた
the invitation cards were written up daintily in white and gold

上品さ、教養、あるいは趣がないさま
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

けばけばしい装飾の、しかし上品な本
a meretricious yet stylish book

彼は、上品なユーモアで侮辱に堪える
he bears insult with gracious good humor

しばしば風刺のきいた上品な人の団体
often satirizing genteel society

「この人より上品な人はありません。
``and a nobler man never walked the earth.

淡麗で上品な酒質に仕上がるとされる。
It makes the flavor of sake light and delicate.

彼は私に缶詰の極上品を贈ってくれた。
He gave me a select brand of canned goods.

その英国人はインドに上品に住んでいた
the English lived genteelly in India

表現が上品でない、または優雅ではない
not elegant or graceful in expression

顔は上品でハンサムといった感じだな。
with fine, handsome features,

上品な紳士は消え、銀行強盗が現れた。
The polished gentleman disappeared to give place to the bank robber.

彼の娘は美しさと上品さに恵まれていた。
His daughter was endowed with beauty and grace.

ただお上品ぶってゆらゆらしていました。
but swung to and fro with dignified condescension;

彼女は、優雅さと上品のあるオーラを伝える
she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility

それもまたいやに上品ぶってきれいだった。
It too was prim and pretty.

レース用の船みたいに上品な形をしていた。
as gracefully built as if she were a racing yacht.

上品に次ぐ3者を中品（ちゅうぼん）という。
The next three categories following jobon are chubon.

彼女は、上品に彼女のケーキを少しずつ食べた
she nibbled daintily at her cake

上品、中品に次ぐ3者を下品（げぼん）という。
The next three categories following jobon and chubon are gebon.

上位3者を総称して上品（じょうぼん）という。
The three highest categories are called jobon.

（少女や若い女性の）優美で上品に魅了する性質
the quality of being appealing in a delicate or graceful way (of a girl or young woman)

上品で非常に尊敬された中年、または年配の女性
a middle-aged or elderly woman who is stylish and highly respected

馬車は上品なつくりをした建物の前で止まった。
The carriage stopped before a modest-looking house,

君のお姉さんは王女のように上品な顔をしている。
Your sister looks as noble as if she were a princess.

インド北部で栽培される、上品で種類が豊富な紅茶
a fine variety of black tea grown in northern India

彼女は美しいが、さらによいことには非常に上品だ。
She is beautiful, and what is more, very graceful.

だし汁は上品で透き通っていて、独特の甘味がある。
Soup stock made from L. japonica has a delicate flavor with a transparent appearance, as well as characteristic sweetness.

フォッグ氏はおそろしく上品にアウダをもてなした。
He treated her with the strictest politeness,

上品な甘さが人気を集める薯蕷で三重県の代表的銘菓。
It is an excellent cake representing Mie Prefecture and is famous for its refined sweetness.

彼はハンサムですてきなのだけど上品とはいえないわ。
He's handsome and nice, but he has no class.

彼女があまりに社交的で上品ぶっているのをからかった
made fun of her being so social and high-toned

上品な服でも、彼女の平凡さを隠すことは出来なかった
fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness

（人や人の振舞いについて使用され）洗練されて上品な
(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel

雅（みやび、まさ〔名乗り〕）とは、上品で優雅なこと。
Miyabi or Masa (in case of name) means sophisticated and graceful.

私の両親がここにいる間は上品な言葉遣いをして下さい。
Please keep your language decent while my parents are here.

だが上にはとても上品な服がひとそろいあるだけだった。
but nothing was to be seen on the top except a suit of very good clothes,

本尊左側には上品下生印の阿弥陀如来像が安置されている。
To the left of the principal image is a statue of Amida Nyorai with the hands forming jobon gesho mudra (hand gesture of Upper grade: lower birth).

上品で寛容...、しかし侵略への抵抗するだけの力を持つ
seemly and forbearing...yet strong enough to resist aggression

棒鱈は真鱈を干したもので、その昔、宮中への献上品だった。
The dried cod (pacific cod) was an item presented to the Imperial Court in the past..

その後、宮廷への献上品には紅白の麻の紐で結ぶ習慣となった。
Then, tying gifts to the Emperor with a red and white hemp string became a custom.

描写によると、当時の東北では昆布を献上品として収めていた。
According to Shoku Nihongi, kelp was dedicated to Imperial court and Shogun family as a tribute from Tohoku region in those days.

彼は上品でチャーミングなため、すべての女性が彼を愛している
he is suavely charming and all the ladies love him

女は華奢な上品な人らしく、服装（みなり）も綺麗であったし、
She appeared to be a slight and graceful person, handsomely dressed;

それはプラチナの時計鎖で、デザインはシンプルで上品でした。
It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design,

絵因果経（東京芸術大学、上品蓮台寺、醍醐寺、出光美術館ほか）
E Ingakyo (Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect): owned by some institutions, such as the Tokyo University of Arts, Jobonrendai-ji Temple, Daigo-ji Temple, and Idemitsu Museum of Arts

スタッフが上品なカジュアルスタイルを大人の女性に提案します。
Our staff suggests a chic and casual style for women.

さっぱりした上品な味付けなので和食の改まった席にも使われる。
Having a light, simple taste, suimono is also served on a formal occasion when a Japanese-style meal is served.

「あなたのご信心はあまりにもお行儀よく、お上品でございます。
'your devotion shows by far too mannerly and too courtly.

そして物腰はとても上品で、笑う時はとても気持のいい人でした。
but he had polite manners and a pleasant smile.

中尊は上品下生印を、他8体は上品上生印をそれぞれ結んでいる。
The central statue forms the upper grade-lower birth mudra (hand gesture), while the other eight statues form the upper grade-upper birth mudra.

多くの称賛に値する彼女の性質の中には、気前の良さと上品さがある
among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness

しかし寮母は付き合っててすごく優しい人だし、それは上品だった。
but the matron was such a nice person to deal with, so genteel.

清衡は、朝廷や摂家に金やウマなどの献上品や貢物を欠かさなかった。
Kiyohira never missed paying tributes or offerings, such as gold and horses, to the Imperial Court and the Sekke family (a lineage of regents and advisers).

現在俗にいわれる上品・下品（じょうひん・げひん）の語源とされる。
It is considered to be the origin of the current classification, so-called 'johin (high-quality goods) and gehin (lower-quality goods).'

翌987年（寛和3年）請来した釈迦像は京都上品蓮台寺に安置された。
The following year in 987, the seated statue of Shakya Nyorai was enshrined at Joborendai-ji Temple in Kyoto.

日本の伝統的な食とはやや趣を異にし、同時に上品に食べることが難しい。
Its nature is slightly different from that of traditional Japanese dishes, and it's difficult to eat the dish elegantly.

シックで上品な制服と歴史ある静かな雰囲気が特徴の女子高なのだという。
It's said to be a girls' high school characterised by its quiet and traditional feel and a chic, high-class uniform.

味は前者より薄いが、澄んでおり、やや塩気のある、上品なだしが採れる。
The soup stock made from L. ochotensis is a little bland compared to that made from L. japonica or L. diabolica, however, it has a delicate flavor with a clear appearance as well as a little salty taste.

彼は上品にふるまい、小さな子供たちをほめ、きちんとした発音で話した。
He bore himself with a certain grace, complimented little children and spoke with a neat enunciation.

また鼻緒に革を用いたところに特色があり、全体的に上品な仕上げであった。
Its characteristic was that leather was used for Hanao, and this Geta was finished in a delicate manner in whole.

21から22歳ぐらいで、武家の妻といった感じの上品な感じの女性だった。
She was twenty one or two years old; she was a graceful, and looked like a Samurai's wife.

上品な紅から紫色の葉を持つ各種の紅藻類（例えば、ダルスやカラゲーニン）
any of various red algae having graceful rose to purple fronds (e.g. dulse or carrageen)

柔和で、教養があり上品に見栄えの良いMPはコベントリーの同僚を代表した
this suave, culture-loving and luxuriantly good-looking M.P.represents the car-workers of Coventry

しかし、この美しい羊飼いが上品であるのを気に入って、彼と話をし始めた。
but being much pleased with the graceful air of this pretty shepherd-youth, he entered into conversation with him,

彼女は、上品ぶった言動を取るが、本当にそんなに貞節であるのかどうかと思う
she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste

ここの夫婦はいか銀とは違って、もとが士族だけに双方（そうほう）共上品だ。
The couple here, being formerly of samurai class, unlike the Ikagin couple, were both refined.

確かにそいつは美男子だったし、上品な身なりをしていて、マナーも完璧だった。
a rather good-looking fellow, well-dressed and reserved in manner,

ただシルバーを除いてな、シルバーってのはどこか上品なところがあったからな」
on'y Silver--Silver was that genteel.'

身のこなし、あるいは外見、または動作、または表情における不愉快な上品さの欠如
an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression

米国の俳優（英国生まれ）で、多くの映画の上品な主演男優（1904年−1986年）
United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)

もう少し豪華さを控え、それでいて、ちょうど、ピーター・ウィムシー卿のように上品に
a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey

地味であるが上品で写実的な芸風で役柄も広く、時代物、和事、老け役、女形もこなした。
His performing style was plain but elegant and realistic; he played an amazing range of roles such as a historical figure, wagoto (a style that emphasizes realistic speech and gestures), a role of old person and woman.

心の潔白を愛する者、その言葉の上品な者は、王がその友となる。 (箴言 22:11)
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend. (Proverbs 22:11)

そして、極楽世界に往生する者を「上品上生」から「下品下生」（九品）に分け説かれる。
He also preached by allocating those who leave this world to be born in the Land of Utmost Bliss to one of the nine patterns of passing on to the next life (Kuhon) ranging from jobon josho (upper grade: upper birth) to gebon gesho (lower grade: lower birth).

甘美と上品とハーモニーの世界には判じ物で僕たちを悩ませる赤毛の依頼人もいないよ。」
where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there are no red-headed clients to vex us with their conundrums.'

これらのグループのメンバーは彼らの評論家が言い表すほどに正確か上品に自己を表現しない
the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do

疑いなき才能、歓迎すべき贈り物、詩の庭にさいた一輪の花、上品にまとまっている、など。
Undoubted talent - a welcome offering - a flower in the garden of poetry - prettily brought out - and so on.

彼女の人格と道徳規準が大英帝国の威信を復活させたが、上品ぶった時代として有名になった
her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation

上品蓮台寺（じょうぼんれんだいじ）は、京都市北区 (京都市)にある真言宗智山派の寺院。
Jobonrendai-ji Temple, located in Kita Ward, Kyoto City, is a temple of the Chizan school of the Shingon sect.

さらに喜多川歌麿が登場し、繊細で上品で優雅なタッチで、美人画の大首絵を数多く手がけた。
Furthermore, Utamaro KITAGAWA made his appearance and drew many Okubie ('large-head' pictures), which was a type of Bijinga with a delicate, elegant, gracious touch.

上品で和事の極致にいるような兄が見よう見まねで喧嘩のまねごとをするが、まったく迫力がない。
Shinbei, who is polite and a typical character of the gentle acting style called Wagoto, tries to pick a quarrel with others following Sukeroku's example, but he completely lacks the power.

信用のある従者をつけて娘を京都にやり、都の婦人達の受ける上品な芸事を修業させるようにした。
so he sent her, in care of some trusty attendants, to Kyoto, that she might be trained in the polite accomplishments taught to the ladies of the capital.

私が本当に鋭かったならば、晩餐の席で見せた上品で退屈そうな微笑みから推測できたでしょうに。
If I'd really been sharp I should have guessed it from his smooth, deadly smiling at dinner that night.

米国のダンサー、映画俳優で、独創的で上品なタップダンスで知られる（1899年−1987年）
United States dancer and cinema actor noted for his original and graceful tap dancing (1899-1987)

おれは言葉や様子こそあまり上品じゃないが、心はこいつらよりも遥（はる）かに上品なつもりだ。
I am not very decent in my own language or manner, but am sure that my moral standard is far more decent than that of these gangs.

芸風は温雅で上品なやわらかみがあり、梅若万三郎、橋岡久三郎と並んで観世流の三名人といわれた。
His style of performance was gentle, sophisticated and delicate, and was called as one of the three masters of the Kanze school, along with Manaburo UMEWAKA and Kyuzaburo HASHIOKA.

彼は暗い灰色の品（しな）のよい上品な服を着て、褐色の中折帽（なかおれぼう）を手に持っていた。
He was well but quietly dressed in a dark gray suit and carried a brown wideawake in his hand.

自分よりも下品な相手は『下品』と思い、自分よりも上品な相手は『上品ぶっている』と思いますね。
You think someone coarser than you is 'crude', and someone higher class than you to be 'putting on airs'.

小品ながら、文人の理想とする俗塵を離れた生活を軽妙な筆遣いと上品で控えめな色彩で活写している。
They are small scale pieces that depict secluded life, a lifestyle considered to be ideal for artists, in light brushwork and a refined use of discreet colors.

修道院からでると、ジュリエットはパリス伯に会い、上品そうなそぶりで、彼の花嫁となる約束をした。
Going from the monastery, she met the young Count Paris, and, modestly dissembling, promised to become his bride.

しかし、現在では新鮮なものが入手しにくいなどの問題から、サメなどを原料とするのは極上品とされる。
However, hanpen made from shark is considered the best quality since it is hard to obtain fresh shark nowadays.

兼ね持ちそうな女たちは、前の開いた黒い絹のドレスを着て、上品なフードやショールを身につけていた。
Some -the more well-to-do, no doubt -wore short, open black silk dresses, under a hood or modest shawl;

前者はかなり上品に加工され、どっちもあまり人気が出なかったので、アメリカのテレビ放映は続かなかった。
The former production was significantly sterilized, and both productions remained too unpopular to be sustained on American television.

こうなると王子さまはとっても上品に見えて、お姫さまも王子さまにおじぎをせずにはいられないほどでした。
he looked so beautiful that the princess could not help bowing to him.

しかし、本狂言においては世話物的写実性が目立つ一方で、間狂言では式楽的な上品さが強調されるようである。
However, it seems that realism of sewamono (play dealing with the lives of ordinary people) is noticeable in Hon Kyogen (played independently, this normally is the one generally called Kyogen) whereas fineness of Shikigaku (the music and plays for official ceremonies) is highlighted in Ai kyogen (comic interlude in Noh).

こざっぱりした白い上布団にもぐりこみ、両手は上品に組まれていて、女の子の小さな顔は真剣そのものでした。
where she lay under the neat white coverlet, her hands folded demurely and her little face quite grave and serious.

ここのうちは、いか銀よりも鄭寧（ていねい）で、親切で、しかも上品だが、惜（お）しい事に食い物がまずい。
This new boarding house was more polite and considerate and refined than the Ikagins, but the grub was too poor stuff and that was one drawback.

ナポリ王は、ミランダの美しさと、とても上品な雰囲気をただよわせていることに、息子同様びっくりしていた。
The King of Naples was almost as much astonished at the beauty and excellent graces of the young Miranda, as his son had been.

うろこ状の葉の葉腋で運ばれる仮葉から成るセロリに似ている葉の上品な上部があるオーストララシアの常緑針葉樹
Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves

河合家住宅（重要文化財） - 屋号を「上品寺屋」といい、寛永年間に上品寺村（橿原市上品寺町）から移住した。
Kawai Residence (Important Cultural Property): The Kawai family bore the trade name 'Jobonjiya' and moved from Jobonji village (Jobonji-cho, Kashihara City) in the Kanei era.

なお仏教の「九品」の場合は「くほん」と濁らずに読むが、「上品・下品」などは「じょうぼん・げぼん」と連濁する。
Additionally, in Buddhism, '九品' is read 'kuhon', which does not contain dull sounds, but '上品・下品'is read 'jobon, gebon', both of which contains them.

これら上品の3者は、大乗に値遇するゆえに遇大（ぐうだい）といい、上輩生想（じょうはいしょうそう）と称される。
People in these three categories of jobon are called johaishoso (top class of Buddhists who reborn in the Land of Happiness according to the nine levels of religiousness), because they meet Mahayana Buddhism, which is called gudai.

上品な銀の綿毛のような葉と少し香りのよいピンクがかった紫の花を持つカスピ海付近の塩を含む平原のとげのある低木
spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms

パスパルトゥーはいつも上品かつ積極的にその申し出を受け、心のなかで、フィックスは最高にいい人だと思っていた。
which Passepartout never failed to accept with graceful alacrity, mentally pronouncing Fix the best of good fellows.

豊後節の特徴は義太夫節の豪壮な性格とは対照的に、一中節の上品な性格を生かしたやわらかで艶っぽい語り口にあった。
The characteristic of Bungo-bushi was its erotic manner of recitation based on the elegant nature of Icchu-bushi, which contrasted with the dynamic nature of Gidayu-bushi.

前に６人、後ろに６人が馬に乗っていて、真ん中に２人の小姓に服の長いすそをもたせている上品な女性が歩いていました。
There were six horsemen in front and six behind, in the middle walked a prim lady wearing a long train held up by two pages, and on the train,

するとその中から……すばらしく上品な美しい、そして聡明［＃「聡明」は底本では「聴明」］そうな男の肖像が出て来た。
There was a portrait within of a man strikingly handsome and intelligent-looking,

男性向けのものは、粋好みの黒が最も多く、続いて上品な薄水色、灰色、茶色、深緑、藍など落ち着いた色合いのものが中心。
Black haneri, which is favored by nifty men, are the main stream products for men, followed by those of refined and soft color such as light blue, grey, brown, deep green or indigo.

上品蓮台寺を建立し、971年（天禄2年）に諸職を辞して蓮台寺の充実整備を行い、村上天皇の御願による香隆寺となった。
He established Jobonrendai-ji Temple, and in 971 resigning from all the posts, and he adjusted the temple, which became Koryu-ji Temple by Emperor Murakami's order.

福岡藩は献上品の品質保持を理由に織屋株制度を敷いて12戸に限定したため、江戸時代を通して品質を維持することができた。
Since the Fukuoka clan established the weaver stock system which was limited to 12 families for quality preservation of Kenjo articles (articles for presentation), the quality was kept throughout the Edo period.

このため、鵜飼鮎は献上品として殊のほか珍重され、安土桃山時代以降は幕府および各地の大名によって鵜飼は保護されていった。
Therefore, Ukai ayu were particularly-prized as special present so that Ukai had been preserved by the Shogunate and the daimyo (Japanese territorial lord) after the Azuchi-Momoyama Period.

丹波栗はたびたび幕府や朝廷への献上品としても重宝され、江戸時代になると参勤交代制度により全国に広まったのが起こりである。
The Tanba chestnut was often used as a tribute to the bakufu and imperial court; it gained nationwide popularity due to the system involving the alternating residence by daimyo in Edo during the Edo period.

ソバの実を挽くと中心から挽かれて出てくることから、後から出てくる粉に比べて、最初にでてくる一番粉が白く上品な香りを持つ。
When milling buckwheat berries, since the core part gets ground first, grade one flour comes out first (ichibanko) and is white and has fine scent.

「今川大草紙」によれば、「鞠皮は、春二毛の大女鹿の中にも、皮の色白で、爪にて押せば、しわのよる皮を上品とする也」という。
It says in 'Imagawa-ozoshi' that, 'for marikawa (ball leather), a big doe with 2 colors in their fur during spring gives a white and high-quality leather and that pressing fingernails on the leather will cause wrinkles.'

すると、「最初は京風の上品な料理、次は味の濃い田舎料理を作っただけです。しょせん信長公も田舎者ということですよ」と語った。
Then, he said, 'I just cooked a sophisticated dish in Kyoto style at first, and cooked a strong-tasting dish in country style next, which meant that Nobunaga was merely a countryman.'

と、奥さまはいって、上のきれいなしんちゅうのかごのなかの輪で、お上品ぶってゆらゆらしている大きなおうむにわらいかけました。
added the lady, looking with a benignant smile at a large green parrot that swung himself backwards and forwards most comfortably in his ring, inside a magnificent brass-wired cage.

下品下生、下品中生、下品上生から上品上生に至るまで九つの往生の段階があるという「九品往生」の考えから、九体の如来をまつった。
The nine figures of Nyorai were enshrined based on the belief of 'kuhon ojo;' nine levels of birth, from gebon gesho (lower grade: lower birth), gebon chusho (lower grade: middle birth), gebon josho (lower grade: upper birth), to jobon josho (upper grade: upper birth) were in the Pure Land.

この模型はアメリカ合衆国のマシュー・ペリー提督が2回目の日本訪問に際して大統領から将軍への献上品として持参したものであった。
This model was presented to the Shogun as a gift from the President of the United States of America by Commodore Matthew Perry on his second visit to Japan.

初代は所作に優れた上方歌舞伎の名優で、肥満体でみせる上品な芸は公家悪や天下をねらう謀反人を演じたら右に出る者はいないと言われた。
He was a great actor who had played in theatres in the Kansai region; he excelled in 'shosa' (movement and manner) and especially good at graceful movements taking advantage of his over-weight body; when acting the roles of 'kuge-aku' (vicious court noble) or 'muhon-nin' (rebel) aiming to dominate over the whole country, he was regarded as the best.

天皇への拝謁も献上品がなければかなわないことを知ってあきらめたザビエルは、滞在わずか11日で失意のうちに京都を去ることになった。
Xavier learned that he could not have an audience with the emperor without articles for presentation, gave up, and left Kyoto only within the 11 days of staying there.

フィリアス・フォッグは、上品なふるまいをする紳士であるという以外にはほとんど分からないことだらけという、なぞめいた人物であった。
This Phileas Fogg was a puzzling gentleman, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world.

芸風は野村万蔵家と大きく変らないが、本狂言においては世話物的写実性が目立つ一方で、間狂言では式楽的な上品さが強調されるようである。
Although their performances are not so different from those of the Manzo NOMURA family, in Hon Kyogen (played independently, this normally is the one generally called Kyogen), realism which is often seen in plays dealing with the lives of ordinary people is highlighted while in Ai Kyogen (comic interlude in Noh) they emphasize the grace of the music and plays for official ceremonies.

寺入りの場：京の外れ、芹生の里にある源蔵の寺子屋（菅秀才をかくまっている）へ、礼儀正しい母親に連れられた上品な子供が入門してくる。
Entering Temple Act: A well behaving child led by his polite mother came and entered the Terakoya (that hosted Kanshusai) of Genzo in the Seryo Village, which was located on outskirts of Kyoto.

強い糖化と、適度なタンパク質分解力を持つ理想的な麹となり、淡麗で上品な酒質に仕上がるため、一般的な傾向としては吟醸酒によく使われる。
Koji with ideal conditions having strong power for saccharification and appropriate protelolytic ability is obtained gives clear and smooth, elegant sake quality, it is used for ginjoshu as a general tendency.

奈良時代の作例としては東京芸術大学本（国宝）、京都・上品蓮台寺本（国宝）、京都・醍醐寺本（国宝）、東京・出光美術館本（重文）などがある。
Products remaining from the Nara period include Kansubon owned by the Tokyo University of Arts (National Treasure), Kansubon owned by Jobonrendai-ji Temple in Kyoto (National Treasure), Kansubon owned by Daigo-ji Temple in Kyoto (National Treasure) and Kansubon owned by the Idemitsu Museum of Arts in Tokyo (Important Cultural Property).

京都の友禅は柔らかい色調を好み、何色が基調になっているのか判別しにくいほどの多彩な色を使っていながら、配色に神経が使われ上品で華やかである。
Yuzen in Kyoto is fond of soft colors, and it is elegant and gorgeous paying attention to coloration while using so many colors as to make it difficult to determine what color is the basic tone.

扇絵師という職業柄特に顔料に親しんでいた友禅斎は顔料化した染料を用い、扇絵の上品で華やかな文様を自在に描き出す手法で新感覚の小袖を生み出す。
As he was particularly familiar with pigments thanks to his occupation as a painter of folding fans, he created nouvelle kosode (a kimono with short sleeves worn as underclothing by the upper classes) with the use of dyestuff which was made into pigments as well as a technique which involved freely drawing refined and brilliant patterns of ogi-e (fan painting).

しかし本格志向へと流行が移り、乳成分の比率が抑えられてからは上品な芳香を持つ『コーヒーノキアラビカ種』をメインにした缶コーヒーが多数となっている。
However, after the trend changed to authenticity-oriented coffee and the ratio of milk constituents were kept lower, canned coffee mainly using elegant aromatic 'Coffee tree Arabica' became quite large in number.

犯罪が起こった日に、立派な服を着て、上品かつ裕福といった空気を漂わせた紳士があちこちの支払い部屋―つまり犯罪がおこなわれた場所―で目撃されていたのだ。
On the day of the robbery a well-dressed gentleman of polished manners, and with a well-to-do air, had been observed going to and fro in the paying-room, where the crime was committed.

伝統的な手漉き越前和紙の「本鳥の子」は、高級襖紙の代名詞であり時間が経つほどに鳥の子の肌は独特の風合いを保ち、むしろ新しいものよりも上品な肌合いになる。
The 'hon-torinoko,' a traditional handmade Echizen paper, is a synonymous with high-quality fusuma paper, which keeps its unique taste and rather, exhibits a more refined touch as it ages.

「そんなに云われなきゃ、聞かなくっていい。中学校へはいって、上品も下品も区別が出来ないのは気の毒なものだ」と云って六人を逐（お）っ放（ぱな）してやった。
so I dismissed them by saying:'If you fellows have nothing to say, let it go at that. You deserve pity for not knowing the decent from the vulgar after coming to a middle school.'

それぞれ末端には長い狭い葉あるいは円錐花序の香りのよい白、黄色、あるいは赤い花のある大きな房がある単独の幹、あるいは枝分かれしている幹のどちらかを有する上品な木
elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers

『観無量寿経』に基づいた来迎図では、当麻曼荼羅に見られるように、上品上生から下品下生までの九品往生に分かれるため、来迎の様も、それぞれ異なって描き分けられている。
The raigo-zu is based on the 'Kanmuryoju-kyo sutra '('The Sutra of Visualization of the Buddha of Measureless Life,' meaning Amida), as is seen in Taima mandala, since the kuhon ojo (nine levels of birth in the Pure Land) from jobon josho to gebon gesho, the way raigo is painted, varies with each level of birth in the Pure Land.

「大首絵」に残された役者の面相を美化することのみに終始しない研ぎ澄まされた感性は他の追従を許さない鋭さが見られ、「美人画」の上品な描写に独自の才能を見ることができる。
His finely honed sensibility seen in his 'Okubie' (large-head pictures) was never limited to the beautification of the looks of actors and allowed no one else to imitate, and his refined original talent is seen in the elegant portrayal of 'Bijinga' (beautiful-woman pictures),

知恩院に所蔵される国宝の通称「早来迎（はやらいごう）」と呼ばれる来迎図は、正式には「阿弥陀二十五菩薩来迎図」であり、『観経』に説かれる上品上生の来迎を表わした図様である。
The raigo-zu, a national treasure kept in Chion-Temple, called 'Hayaraigo,' is officially called 'Amida Nijugo Bosatsu Raigozu' (Descent of Amida and Twenty-Five Attendants); it has a picture of Amida Nyorai coming over the mountain to take some people into the heavens which is explained in 'Kangyo' (Meditation Sutra).

水戸藩の保護の下、常陸特産の紙として江戸時代には高い評価を受け、『日本山海名物図絵』には、越前奉書・美濃直紙・岩国半紙と並んで、西の内紙は江戸期の最上品の紙とされている。
Under the protection of the Mito clan, it was highly rated as a special product of Hitachi Province during the Edo period, and in the 'nihon sangai meibutsu zue' (a guidebook for special products, consisting of pictures and explanations for them) the Nishinouchi-gami was regarded as the best paper during the Edo period as well as Echizen hosho, Mino naoshi-gami (high quality paper made in Mino Province) and Iwakuni hanshi (paper made in Iwakuni, Suo Province).

史実上の記録は平安時代に清少納言の『枕草子』「あてなるもの」（上品なもの、良いもの）の段に、「削り氷にあまづら入れて、新しき金鋺（かなまり）に入れたる」と記述されている。
As a historical record, Sei-shonagon wrote in the section of 'atenarumono' (what is elegant or good) in her 'Makura no soshi' (The Pillow Book) 'kezurihini amazurairete atarasikikanamarini iretaru.'

酒造法としては、掛米だけに白米を使う従来の片白（かたはく）に加えて、新しく掛米と麹米の両方に使う諸白（もろはく）の製法が現れて、その上品な味わいが人気を集めるようになった。
As to the method of sake brewing, in addition to the conventional katahaku using polished white rice for only kakemai, morohaku using for both kakemai and kojimai appeared and its elegant flavor became popular.

諸大名は禁じられた色を避けるために経緯（たてよこの糸）の色を変えた織色（玉虫）を好み、紫と緑の糸で織った松重、紫と黄色で織った木蘭地など、渋く上品な「織色」に趣味を競った。
The various daimyo favored the woven color (a jewel beetle) which had different colored keii (length and breath threads) in order to avoid the usage of prohibited colors, and competed for astringent and elegant 'woven colors,' such as matsushige, woven with purple and green strings, mokuranji (lily magnolia) woven with purple and yellow strings.

古今東西の多彩な献上品やアトラクションが供せられる一方で、諸大名のあいだではすでに秀吉亡き後の政権のあり方について、陰に陽にさまざまな駆け引きや腹の探りあいがあったという。
While presenting varied gifts and attractions from all over the country, the feudal lords were already maneuvering and sounding each other out, both in secret and in the open, about how the government should be run following Hideyoshi's death.

しかも事実は、それを読んだ男は、その通達書が、まるでピストルの台尻ででもあったかのように、そのためにすっかりたたきのめされてしまったのだ。その男は上品な剛直な老人だったが……」
Yet the fact remains that the reader, who was a fine, robust old man, was knocked clean down by it as if it had been the butt end of a pistol.''

中国では、人物や物の性質を分類したが、まずはじめに、上品（じょうひん）・中品（ちゅうひん）・下品（げひん）の3つに大きく分け、これら一品ずつにまたそれぞれ上中下の三品があるとした。
In China, when people and characters of things were classified, first, they were divided into three categories, johin (higher-quality goods), chuhin (the middle grade goods) and gehin (lower-quality goods), and then, each category was further divided into three grades.

浄真寺の九品仏の場合、阿弥陀如来の印相のうち、定印を「上生印」、説法印を「中生印」、来迎印を「下生印」とし、親指と人差し指（中指、薬指）を接するものをそれぞれ「上品」「中品」「下品」に充てる。
In the case of the nine statues of Amida Nyorai enshrined in Joshin-ji Temple, the three types of inso assumed by Amida Nyorai, that is, Jo-in, Seppo-in and Raigo-in are assigned as 'Josho-in' (inso representing josho (upper birth)), 'Chusho-in' (inso representing chusho (middle birth)) and 'Gesho-in' (inso representing gesho (lower birth)), respectively, and combinations of the thumbs and the forefingers put together, those of the thumbs and the middle fingers put together and those of the thumbs and the annular fingers put together are assigned to 'jobon' (upper grade), 'chubon' (middle grade) and 'gebon' (lower grade), respectively.

京都市北区の上品蓮台寺には頼光を祀った源頼光朝臣塚があるが、これが土蜘蛛が巣くっていた塚だといい、かつて塚のそばの木を伐採しようとしたところ、その者が謎の病気を患って命を落としたという話がある。
Within the precincts of Jobonrendai-ji Temple in Kita Ward, Kyoto City, there exists the burial mound where MINAMOTO no Yorimitsu is enshrined, where the ghosts of tsuchigumo are said to have haunted; it is said that someone who intended to cut down a tree by the mound died from an unknown disease.

被害者の上品で優美な外見は、すぐそばの良心的な警官の心に、いますぐにでもソーピーの腕に心地よい逮捕の手をさし伸ばすであろうし、そこまでくればささやかで窮屈な冬の避難所は保証されたようなものであった。
The refined and elegant appearance of his victim and the contiguity of the conscientious cop encouraged him to believe that he would soon feel the pleasant official clutch upon his arm that would insure his winter quarters on the right little, tight little isle.

具体的には大名・旗本が征夷大将軍に拝謁する際、あるいは在国の大名が献上品を使者に持たせて江戸城に派遣した場合に、その氏名と献上品の内容を確認して将軍に報告し、将軍が下賜を行う際にその伝達にあたった。
Specifically, when daimyo or hatamoto (a direct retainer of the bakufu) were going to have an audience with seii taishogun (literally, 'the great general who was to subdue the barbarians') or when a messenger taking a present from a daimyo was sent to the Edo castle, Sojaban checked the person's name and the content of the present to report them to the shogun, and, when the shogun gave a grant, notified the person of the message.

それからファーディナンドは、立派な長々しい言葉で（若い王子などというものは、お上品な文句で話すものですから）無垢の心をもつミランダに、自分はナポリの王位を継ぐものであり、あなたに王妃になってもらう、と言った。
And then Ferdinand, in another fine long speech (for young princes speak in courtly phrases), told the innocent Miranda he was heir to the crown of Naples, and that she should be his queen.

極楽往生のしかたには、信仰の篤い者から極悪人まで9通りの段階があるとされ、「上品上生」（じょうぼんじょうしょう）から始まって「上品中生」「上品下生」「中品上生」「中品中生」「中品下生」「下品上生」「下品中生」「下品下生」に至る。
It is assumed that there are nine grades of gokuraku ojo (dying peacefully to be born in the Pure Land) from very religious people to accomplished villains as listed below: starting with 'jobon josho' (Upper grade: upper birth), 'jobon chusho' (Upper grade: middle birth), 'jobon gesho' (Upper grade: lower birth), 'chubon josho' (Middle grade: upper birth), 'chubon chusho' (Middle grade: middle birth), 'chubon gesho' (Middle grade: lower birth), 'gebon josho' (Lower grade: upper birth), 'gebon chusho' (Lower grade: middle birth) and 'gebon gesho' (Lower grade: lower birth).

卿は娘のために、金持ちで、若くて、上品で、ヴェロナのどんな気位の高い娘でも大喜びで承知するような夫を捜してやったので、内気を装って（ジュリエットが拒否するのを、卿はこうとった）娘が自ら幸運を避けるようなふるまいを我慢できなかった。
And having found her a husband, rich, young, and noble, such as the proudest maid in Verona might joyfully accept, he could not bear that out of an affected coyness, as he construed her denial, she should oppose obstacles to her own good fortune.

ヴァイオレット・スミス嬢は、その夜おそく、ベーカー街にやって来たのであったが、この美しい背の高い、物腰の上品な、若い婦人に突然に来訪されて、その話を持ち出されて、懇ろに依頼されても、ホームズはその持前の柄にもなく、意外に不愛想であった。
And yet without a harshness which was foreign to his nature, it was impossible to refuse to listen to the story of the young and beautiful woman, tall, graceful, and queenly, who presented herself at Baker Street late in the evening, and implored his assistance and advice.

久安2年（1146年）4月に、常胤はまず下総国衙から官物未進とされた分について「上品八丈絹参拾疋、下品七拾疋、縫衣拾弐領、砂金参拾弐両、藍摺布上品参拾段、中品五拾段、上馬弐疋、鞍置駄参拾疋」を納め、「其時国司以常胤可令知行郡務」と相馬郡司職を回復した。
In May 1146, Tsunetane first paid the unpaid kanmotsu according to Shimosa no kokuga (local government of Shimosa), which was '30 hiki (one hiki is approx. 10.6m in length and approx. 34 cm in width) of high-quality silk cloths, 70 hiki of low-quality silk cloths, 12 ryo (an old unit of a weight) of clothes, 32 ryo of sakin (gold dust), 30 dan (an old unit of area) of high-quality printed textile dyed with various shades of indigo blue, 50 dan of high-quality medium-quality printed textile dyed with various shades of indigo blue, two horses, and 30 saddled horses,' and recovered '其時国司以常胤可令知行郡務' and the position of Soma gunji.

公方御蔵には酒屋や土倉、味噌屋などから集められた役銭・棟別銭などの租税、各方面から幕府への献上品（武具・紙・漆器・衣類など。幕府の業務で用いる他に家臣などへの贈与や換金して仏事などの諸行事の費用にあてる場合もあった）の管理・出納、幕府公文書の管理などが上げられている。
The Kubo-okura's responsibilities included the accounting of taxes (yakusen tax and munabetsu-sen) collected from sake brewers, Dokura and miso producers, the management of gifts to the government from all quarters (arms, paper, lacquer ware, clothes and other articles, that were used for government works and gifts to vassals or converted into money to hold Buddhist services and other events), and the management of official documents of the bakufu.