足の裏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
足 裏
あし
Grade: 1		 うら
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 足 (ashi, “foot”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 裏 (ura, “backside, underside, inner side”).[1] Contrasts with 足の甲 (ashi no kō, “the top of the foot, the instep”).

Compare 手の裏 (te no ura, “palm of the hand”), contrasting with 手の甲 (te no kō, “back of the hand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

足(あし)の裏(うら) • (ashi no ura) 

  1. sole of the foot

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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