Upper part - okay

Japanese: 上分 - じょうぶん

〘noun〙① The upper part. The good part. The surface. ※Kusatsu Honhobutsushu (c. 1179), 8 "Whenever there was a solar eclipse, they would always take the upper part and offer it to the Buddha in resentment. " ※Ninja ni Naru Michi (1781), Fukakuko "Do not look down on children, do not treat animals with disdain , and do not take the upper part of words ." ② Tributes related to official affairs. A tax that arose from the practice of offering first fruits and vegetables to the gods and Buddhas. Upper part of the offerings . ※Rozanji documents - May 3, 972, Tenroku 3, Tendai Zasu Ryogen's last words: "The upper portion of the land of the manor will be used _to pay for the four seasons of the _Hokke _-do Hall and the lamps in the Dharma room." ※Kokin Chomonshu (1254), 16: "I came to ring the bell so that the upper portion would be presented to the Buddha." ③ = Jobunmai (upper portion of rice) ② ※Kaido-ki (around 1223), from Sakagawa to Kamakura: "Those who disembark in front of the Emperor will present the upper portion." ④ Refers to the tax office. Land is called the base, and the revenue is derived from it. ※Kitano Shaka Hikitsuke - May 5, 1488, Chokyo 2: "In particular, in the midst of the chaos, the upper portion of the land will be used to pay for _{the national} tax, and it would be a lie."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 上の方。良い方。うわべ。※九冊本宝物集（1179頃）八「あたるところの日食を、かならず上分を取て、仏にくやうし奉りし供養(くどく)のゆへに」※人となる道（1781）不悪口「小児をもあなどらず、畜生をものらず、言辞(ごんじ)上分(じゃうブン)を取ず」② 公事の系統に属する貢納物。初穂・初物を神仏へ納入した慣行から生じた課役。上分物(じょうぶんもつ)。※廬山寺文書‐天祿三年（972）五月三日・天台座主良源遺告「件庄地子上分、可_レ充_二法華堂四季懴法間燈明料_一」※古今著聞集（1254）一六「上分仏に参らせんとて、鐘打ちならしに参りたりつるぞとこたへける」③ ＝じょうぶんまい（上分米）②※海道記（1223頃）逆川より鎌倉「御前をすぐる下船は上分を奉る」④ 年貢所当のこと。土地を下地というのに対して、そこから上がる収益の意。※北野社家引付‐長享二年（1488）五月五日「殊一乱中自_レ国上分運上由候、若虚言儀候者」

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