Illustration: At a home entrance on a chilly morning, a parent helps a child slide one arm into a jacket worn over a complete indoor outfit. The jacket hangs open, clearly revealing the shirt underneath, while the finished sleeve encloses the other shirt sleeve.

JLPT N2prefixLevel estimated by Bebop

上うわ

uwa

upper, outer, surface

This reading is mainly used in compounds such as 上着. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 上うわあごを火傷やけどしたんだ。

    I burned the roof of my mouth.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あなたの上着うわぎはどこ？

    Where is your jacket?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 上辺うわべだけを見みて判断はんだんする

    to judge a book by its cover

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

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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