裏側

Japanese
Kanji in this term
裏 側
うら
Grade: 6		 がわ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 裏 (ura, “the back or behind of something”) +‎ 側 (kawa, gawa, “side of something”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) うらがわ [ùrágáwá] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɾa̠ɡa̠ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

裏(うら)側(がわ) • (uragawa) ←うらがは (uragafa)?

  1. the other side; reverse side; back side
    • 2010, ゴジマジP (music), “おちゃめ機能 -Full ver. feat.重音テト”‎:
      地(ち)球(きゅう)の裏(うら)側(がわ)まで　僕(ぼく)を運(はこ)んで
      一(いち)番(ばん)綺(き)麗(れい)な花(はな)を探(さが)しに行(い)くんだ
      chikyū no uragawa made boku o hakonde
      ichiban kirei na hana o sagashi ni iku n da
      carrying me to the other side of the earth
      and go looking for the most beautiful flower

Antonyms

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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