Illustration: In a Japanese apartment’s tatami room, a cat sleeps squarely on top of a floor cushion that a resident has just set out for themselves. The cushion visibly compresses under the cat’s belly, with all four paws tucked above its upper surface.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

上うえ

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on top of

Often used as ～の上に. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 机つくえの上うえに本ほんがあります。

    There is a book on the desk.

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  2. その上うえに座すわるな。

    Don’t sit on it.

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  3. 本棚ほんだなの上うえに手てが届とどきますか。

    Can you reach to the top of the bookshelf?

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Kanji in 上

  • 上above; upOnジョウ・ショウ・シャンKunうえ・うわ-・かみ

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