Upper jaw - upper jaw

Japanese: 上顎 - うわあご
Upper jaw - upper jaw
〘 noun 〙 The upper part of the chin. Uwaagi. Jougaku. ※Miscellany, Yanagi Taru-Shiroku (1808) "The upper part of the chin is hanging down with the tongue entangled."

Jō- gakujau… [upper jaw]

〘Name〙 Wow. ⇔ Lower jaw. *Kaitai Shinsho (1774) 2 “Human, raised and living on two sides, mouth on the lower part of the forehead, and on the other hand, on the lower part of the forehead, and on the other hand, the second part is on the lower side .”

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Japanese:
〘名〙 上の方のあご。うわあぎ。じょうがく。※雑俳・柳多留‐四六（1808）「上はあごへ舌をからんでさがりいす」

じょう‐がく ジャウ‥【上顎】

〘名〙 うわあご。⇔下顎。※解体新書（1774）二「夫鼻者、隆起而居二面之中、口上額下一、其裏則達二上腭一矣」

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