"上歯" meaning in Japanese

See 上歯 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟β̞a̠ba̠] Forms: 上歯 [canonical] (ruby: (うわ), ()), uwaba [romanization], ufaba [romanization], うはば [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 上(うわ) (uwa-, the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)) + 歯(は) (ha, “tooth; teeth”). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|被%覆%形|ひ%ふく%けい|bound form}} 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”), {{ja-r|上|うえ|up; top}} 上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”), {{ja-com|上|うわ-|歯|は|pos1=the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">hifukukei</span>, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ue</span>, “up; top”)|t2=tooth; teeth}} 上(うわ) (uwa-, the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)) + 歯(は) (ha, “tooth; teeth”), {{sortkey|ja|上歯}} うわは', {{ja-rendaku2|ha|ba}} The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|うわば|hist=うはば}} 上(うわ)歯(ば) • (uwaba) ^(←うはば (ufaba)?)
  1. upper teeth
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shitaba",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下歯",
          "したば"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "下歯"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "被%覆%形",
        "2": "ひ%ふく%けい",
        "3": "bound form"
      },
      "expansion": "被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "上",
        "2": "うえ",
        "3": "up; top"
      },
      "expansion": "上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "上",
        "2": "うわ-",
        "3": "歯",
        "4": "は",
        "pos1": "the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">hifukukei</span>, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">ue</span>, “up; top”)",
        "t2": "tooth; teeth"
      },
      "expansion": "上(うわ) (uwa-, the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)) + 歯(は) (ha, “tooth; teeth”)",
      "name": "ja-com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "上歯"
      },
      "expansion": "うわは'",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "ba"
      },
      "expansion": "The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "ja-rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 上(うわ) (uwa-, the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)) + 歯(は) (ha, “tooth; teeth”). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "上歯",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "上",
          "うわ"
        ],
        [
          "歯",
          "ば"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uwaba",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ufaba",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うはば",
      "roman": "ufaba",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "hist": "うはば"
      },
      "expansion": "上(うわ)歯(ば) • (uwaba) ^(←うはば (ufaba)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms prefixed with 上",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "upper teeth"
      ],
      "id": "en-上歯-ja-noun-pePouQjP",
      "links": [
        [
          "upper",
          "upper"
        ],
        [
          "teeth",
          "teeth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟β̞a̠ba̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "上歯"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shitaba",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "下歯",
          "したば"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "下歯"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "被%覆%形",
        "2": "ひ%ふく%けい",
        "3": "bound form"
      },
      "expansion": "被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "上",
        "2": "うえ",
        "3": "up; top"
      },
      "expansion": "上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "上",
        "2": "うわ-",
        "3": "歯",
        "4": "は",
        "pos1": "the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">hifukukei</span>, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (<span class=\"mention-tr tr\">ue</span>, “up; top”)",
        "t2": "tooth; teeth"
      },
      "expansion": "上(うわ) (uwa-, the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)) + 歯(は) (ha, “tooth; teeth”)",
      "name": "ja-com"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "上歯"
      },
      "expansion": "うわは'",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "ba"
      },
      "expansion": "The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "ja-rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 上(うわ) (uwa-, the 被(ひ)覆(ふく)形(けい) (hifukukei, “bound form”) of 上(うえ) (ue, “up; top”)) + 歯(は) (ha, “tooth; teeth”). The ha changes to ba as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "上歯",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "上",
          "うわ"
        ],
        [
          "歯",
          "ば"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uwaba",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ufaba",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うはば",
      "roman": "ufaba",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うわば",
        "hist": "うはば"
      },
      "expansion": "上(うわ)歯(ば) • (uwaba) ^(←うはば (ufaba)?)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Japanese compound terms",
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms prefixed with 上",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with rendaku",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "upper teeth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "upper",
          "upper"
        ],
        [
          "teeth",
          "teeth"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟β̞a̠ba̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "上歯"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 上歯 meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "上歯",
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