上手うもう

うもう · umou

i-adjective 連用形

上手う is the masu-stem of 上手い — skillful, skilful, skilled, good, expert, clever (expression, trick, etc.), apt, appropriate.

delicious, tasty, good, nice
good (deal, idea, etc.), profitable, promising, lucky, fortunate, successful, satisfactory, splendid

How it’s built

上手い上手う

Masu-stem (連用形). The base for ます, たい and ながら, and the way to link two actions: 書き → 書きます.

This spelling is the version with う (sound change, mostly in polite or older speech).

上手い is a i-adjective, so it follows that pattern.

Three more forms of 上手い. Can you tell what each one is?

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