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Meanings
Noun
1. 表面と反対の面。下または陰になって見えない部分。
2. 前面や正面の反対側。うしろ。
3. 衣服や袋物などの内側に付ける布。
4. 相手の予想や世間の常識の反対。逆。
5. 逆の角度から見ること。
6. 表面には現れない隠された内部の事情。内情。
7. 公正なやり方ではないこと。陰。裏口。
8. 正式ではないこと。非合法。
9. 後攻のチームが攻撃するイニング。
10. 裏付け。証拠。
11. 命題の前件と後件の両方を否定した命題。「 p ならば q である」に対して、「 p でなければ q でない」をいう。ある命題が真であっても、その裏は必ずしも真ではない。
12. 遊女を揚げるとき、初会の次、すなわち2度目。
13. 連歌や俳諧で、懐紙の裏側のこと。
14. 裏千家の略称。
Kanji used
backside
Pitch accent
Top 1100
Used in vocabulary (128 in total)
① 正反対なこと。相反していること。
① 裏に面する部分。② 事態や事件において、多くの人に知られていない事情。
back street; back alley; off-street
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
① 建物の裏側にある庭。
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
① 格技において、相手が技を仕掛けてきた時の勢いを利用してかける技。返し技。カウンター攻撃。② コンピューターゲームにおいて、ゲームの製作者が意図しない・予想できなかった操作手順によって起こすことのできる現象、またはその現象を起こすための操作手順。③ 一部の人しか知らない便利な方法。
① よりどころとなるもの。証拠。保証。
① 足の裏。
underworld; underside of society
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
① 衣服の裏につける布地。
① 衣服の裏につける布地。
to collect evidence
dodgy dealings; monkey business
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
back street; back alley; slums
sole (of a shoe)
secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting
urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis
back of the house
① よりどころとなるもの。証拠。保証。
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence
illegal channel; back channel; black market
underground website (often critical or containing unofficial information)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
secret menu; secret menu item
actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)
① 公式ではない、街道に沿っている道路。② まっとうでない生き方。恵まれない生き方や生きている場所。
secret intelligence; underground information; confidential information; inside information
back street; back alley; slums
anonymous account (on social media; used alongside one's main account); secret account
unlicensed gambling establishment
secret leader of a group of juvenile delinquents; program in a competing timeslot (programme)
dressing room; green room; backstage; inside story; confidential talk; hidden circumstances
to collect evidence
black market adult video; black market adult film; bootleg video
Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas
Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas
underside of a leaf
(full) lining
the reverse; other side; lining
unlucky quarter (southwest)
program competing with another in the same timeslot (programme); counterprogram (television)
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
back window; rear window
fitting things back to back; agreement of minds
hemp-soled sandals
anonymous account (on social media; used alongside one's main account); secret account
roof boards; ceiling; back board (furniture)
the reverse; other side; lining
hidden dora tile available when a player wins by riichi
backing; lining
byway; bypass
second crop; interim crop
ura-nage (in judo, an over-the-head throw performed by rolling backwards)
to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.)
lining of a sleeve; sleeve lining
offset (printing process); show-through; printing on one side of a sheet being visible from the other side
fleece lining
act or trick which a performer reserves for selected occasions
① 袋物やかばんの裏に張った皮革。② スエード。
to make a mistake (e.g. in choosing one's melds)
set-off; offset; unwanted transfer of ink from a freshly printed sheet to an adjacent sheet in a pile; show-through; printing on one side of a sheet being visible from the other side
lining at the bottom of a kimono
alley house; rear tenement; slum
informal crest
sail with the wind at its back; aback
underside of a bird's wing; lining of a haori
① 袋物やかばんの裏に張った皮革。② スエード。
behind one's home; one's backyard
(skillfully) giving other participants in a variety TV show the chance to talk by asking them questions or calling them out
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
there are wheels within wheels; there's more than meets the eye
button back
Ura-Hara fashion; fashion style associated with a section of the Harajuku neighbourhood of Tokyo
background recording; recording a different TV program than one is watching
young; youthful
back cover (e.g. camera, watch, etc.)
fur-lined
neckband lining
neckband lining
lined (clothing, etc.); something lined
secret name; alias
① よりどころとなるもの。証拠。保証。
there are wheels within wheels; there's more than meets the eye
lined (clothing, etc.); something lined
inside the back cover (book); rear end-paper
lining a kimono with the same material as the kimono itself
bleached lining (esp. tabi); bleached interior
makizushi with the rice on the outside
day-after festival; night-after festival; (smaller) festival held the day (or night) after the main festival
day-after festival; night-after festival; (smaller) festival held the day (or night) after the main festival
bleached lining (esp. tabi); bleached interior
bleached lining (esp. tabi); bleached interior
nail sticking through
last day of the Bon festival (July 20 in most parts of Japan)
lining of the collar
scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards
Examples (7 in total)
There is a parking lot behind the theater.
Who's pulling the strings behind the scenes?
Behind her smile lies betrayal.