Japanese symbol for “foregoing”

In Japanese, foregoing is 以上, read いじょう (ijou).

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Meanings

1. n-suf not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
2. n-suf beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
3. adj-no, n the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
4. conj, n since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
5. exp that's all; that is the end; the end

Written forms: 以上、已上. Readings: いじょう.

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Other Japanese words for “foregoing”

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Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.