to make [something] / to cook / to write a literary work / to grow, to raise / to cultivate ability, to train / to draw up, form, establish / to make an acquaintance

作る: make - make a small thing, grow vegetables / 創る: create - originate, bring into existence / 造る: build, construct - build a house, or a building

skillful, dexterous

(rare) skill, dexterity / flattery (from being told how skillful one is, even if one isn't) / a person with the seventh dan in the games of shogi or go

(obsolete) same as jōzu reading above

(obsolete) same as jōzu reading above

(rare) alternate for jōzu above / Short for 上手物 (jōtemono): an exquisite piece of workmanship

superior, better / aggressive, bold, on the offensive

(sumo) an overhand hold / (sumo) the upper hand in an overhand hold / upstream, the upstream portion of a river / upwind / a skilled player of games, such as go or shogi

upstream, the upstream portion of a river / upwind / uphill, the upper portion of a hill or other geographic feature / the head of a table, the seat of honor