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young; youthful

mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous

opposite; reverse; contrary

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

the reverse; other side; lining

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

shade

sole of foot

sole of the foot

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

strainer

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

young; youthful

hemp-soled sandals

rear garden; back yard

byroad; byway

the reverse; other side; lining

support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation

to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)

secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)

above the ceiling

back street; back alley; slums

back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

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

front and back; inside and outside; two sides; both sides

dodgy dealings; monkey business

(full) lining

unlucky quarter (southwest)

lining of a sleeve; sleeve lining

lining at the bottom of a kimono

back street; back alley; off-street

urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis

back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means

secret menu; secret menu item

to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.)

underside of a bird's wing; lining of a haori

back gate

urasuji; side fork; frenulum; frenulum of prepuce of penis

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 (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)

attic; loft

underworld; underside of society

offstage; backstage; behind the scenes

backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)

to collect evidence

lining; land that does not adjoin to public or private roads

land that does not adjoin to public or private roads

reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)

backroom deal

sole (of a shoe)

secret accounts; unauthorized accounting; under-the-counter accounting

back of the house

back door

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)

rear tenement

actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)

secret intelligence; underground information; confidential information; inside information

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

back cover (e.g. camera, watch, etc.)

black market adult video; black market adult film; bootleg video

back stairs

Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas

Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas

underside of a leaf

program competing with another in the same timeslot (programme); counterprogram (television)

Urasenke school of tea ceremony

back window; rear window

hidden dora tile available when a player wins by riichi

shade

roof boards; ceiling; back board (furniture)

byway; bypass

backing; lining

set-off; offset; offset (printing process); show-through; printing on one side of a sheet being visible from the other side

second crop; interim crop

ura-nage (in judo, an over-the-head throw performed by rolling backwards)

fleece lining

lining

act or trick which a performer reserves for selected occasions

back leaf

suede; leather using the underside of the skin; piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.

to make a mistake (e.g. in choosing one's melds)

alley house; rear tenement; slum

scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards

informal crest

sail with the wind at its back; aback

neckband lining

there are wheels within wheels; there's more than meets the eye

fur-lined

behind one's home; one's backyard

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

Urasenke school of tea ceremony

button back

(skillfully) giving other participants in a variety TV show the chance to talk by asking them questions or calling them out

fitting things back to back; agreement of minds

lined (clothing, etc.); something lined

secret name; alias

lining a kimono with the same material as the kimono itself

nail sticking through

back door

lining of the collar

inside the back cover (book); rear end-paper

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

last day of the Bon festival (July 20 in most parts of Japan)