Meaning: じょうげんn. (Kanji=上弦) crescent moonn. (Kanji=上限) upper limit, maximum, highest level allowed, greatest quantity or amount possible, highest capacity, most possiblen. (Kanji=冗言) chatter, useless wordsn. (Kanji=承元) Jogen, Japanese era name that extended from 1207 to 1210n. (Kanji=貞元) Jogen, Japanese era name that extended from 976 to 978