Neno "juu" ni kielezi chenye matumizi mengi ambacho kina maana kadhaa kulingana na muktadha. Hapa kuna baadhi ya ufafanuzi wa kawaida wa kamusi wa neno "juu":
Kuelekea nafasi ya juu au mahali: katika mwelekeo ulio kinyume na ule wa mvuto au mwendo wa kushuka chini. Mfano: "Puto ilielea juu angani."
Kwa au kuelekea kiwango cha juu au nguvu: kuongezeka au kuwa kubwa zaidi. Mfano: " Sauti ya muziki ilipanda."
Katika hali ya utayari au maandalizi. Mfano: "Simama, ni wakati wa kwenda."
Katika nafasi ya juu au muhimu zaidi au cheo. Mfano: "Alifanya kazi juu kutoka nafasi ya ngazi ya kuingia hadi jukumu la usimamizi."
Kusonga au kukaa juu ya hatua au kiwango fulani. Mfano: "Mchoro umetundikwa ukutani."
Imekamilika au imekamilika. Mfano: "Mradi umekamilika."
Katika hali ya furaha au furaha. Mfano: "Anajisikia vizuri leo."
Kusonga kuelekea chanzo au asili ya kitu. Mfano: "Tulitembea juu ya kilima ili kuona mandhari."
Hii ni mifano michache tu ya maana mbalimbali za neno "juu." Ufafanuzi wake sahihi unaweza kutegemea muktadha mahususi ambamo inatumika.
1. Have you given up on life, or did it give up on you?
2. I wanted to remind Derek-baby what people said about payback, but halfway through my witty comeback, he hung up.
3. One person initiated a goodbye sequence, and the other held it up to share remaining thoughts.
4. We spent many Sunday afternoons window shopping up and down Rodeo Drive, guessing the prices of everything she loved but for which she refused to pay full cost.
5. The way the body laid on the floor all tangled up was the most horrid part.
6. When Maggie and I had broken up, he took her side and told me how stupid I was to let her go.
7. Anyone who hooked up with Derek was slightly off her rocker.
8. Nana D had tried to match me up with a traveling horse groomer over the Christmas break until we learned not only had the woman already been married, but she was wanted in two other states for bigamy.
9. Her hair was still pinned up, but she hardly had any makeup on today.