THE WORD · N4
裏
to ; back
Noun
靴の裏にガムがこびりついちゃった。
A gum stuck to my shoe's heel.
Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: fcbond · French : hortusdei
Parts of speech
Noun
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Close or Related Words
Dictionary references: they are not necessarily synonyms.
- 裏付け — basis; guarantee; proof Source
English dictionary meanings
- opposite side
- bottom
- other side
- side hidden from view
- undersurface
- reverse side
- rear
- back
- behind
- lining
- inside
- in the shadows
- behind the scenes
- offstage
- behind (someone's) back
- more (to something than meets the eye)
- hidden side (e.g. of one's personality)
- unknown circumstances
- different side
- proof
- opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.)
- contrary
- inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
- bottom (of an inning)
- last half (of an inning)