裏 – Vocabulary details

裏うら

Meanings

Noun

1. opposite side; bottom; other side; side hidden from view; undersurface; reverse side

2. rear; back; behind

3. lining; inside

4. in the shadows; behind the scenes; offstage; behind (someone's) back

5. more (to something than meets the eye); hidden side (e.g. of one's personality); unknown circumstances; different side

6. proof

7. opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.); contrary

8. inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)

9. bottom (of an inning); last half (of an inning)

Alt. forms

Kanji used

裏

backside

Pitch accent

う

ら

Used in: 4867

Used in vocabulary (128 in total)

裏うら腹はら

opposite; reverse; contrary

裏うら側がわ

the reverse; other side; lining

路ろ地じ裏うら

back street; back alley; off-street

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Examples (7 in total)

劇げき場じょうの裏うらに駐ちゅう車しゃ場じょうがある。

There is a parking lot behind the theater.

裏うらで糸いとを引ひいてるのは誰だれなんだ？

Who's pulling the strings behind the scenes?

彼かの女じょの微ほほ笑えみの裏うらには裏うら切ぎりがある。

Behind her smile lies betrayal.

この事じ件けんの裏うらに何なにかがあるに違ちがいない。

There must be something at the back of this matter.

その問もん題だいの裏うらには複ふく雑ざつな状じょう況きょうがある。

There are complicated circumstances behind the matter.

封ふう筒とうの裏うらに彼かれの住じゅう所しょを書かいてしまった。

I've written his address on the back of the envelope.

コインの一いっ方ぽうは「表おもて」で、もう一いっ方ぽうは「裏うら」と呼よばれる。