Source Word
上様
Hiragana
うえさま
Noun
archaic
empty-gloss
honorific
obsolete
possibly
term-of-address
Japanese Meaning
封建時代、大名や高位の武士などの妻に対する敬称。また、手紙の宛名などで、主人や相手方を敬っていう語。 / 飲食店などで、勘定を預かる主たる人物を指す言い方。「おあいそ」「会計」の意から転じた俗称。
Easy Japanese Meaning
むかしの言い方で、えらい人やその妻にたいして言う、とてもていねいな呼び方
Chinese (Simplified)
（古）对大名、领主等高位者之妻的敬称；贵夫人 / 对尊上的人或高社会地位者的敬称（旧时用法）
Sense（1）
(archaic, possibly obsolete); (honorific, address) form of address or reference for the wife of a daimyo, lord, or other individual of high social status: honored superior, milady
Sense（2）
(honorific, address) during the Edo period, form of address or reference for a widow or elderly mother of a household of good social standing
Sense（3）
(honorific, address) during the Edo period, form of address or reference used by townsfolk for someone else's wife or mother
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