じょうりゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of じょうりゅう – see the following entries.

【上流】 [noun] the upper reaches of a stream, river, etc. [noun] the upper classes

【蒸留】 [noun] (physics, chemistry) distillation [verb] (physics, chemistry) to distill Alternative spellings 蒸溜, 蒸餾

(This term, じょうりゅう (jōryū), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)