Reading
裏
ura
Meaning
- reverse side, rear, back
Study memo
Learn all JLPT N4 Vocabulary – 裏 (ura), reverse side, rear, back
Example
Here is a list of examples based on the word 裏
| 日本語 | 英語 |
|---|---|
| いわゆる裏方仕事もたくさんあります。 | There’s also a great deal of so called behind-the-scenes work. |
| 「見た目は悪くないがちょっと軽薄そう」な外見とは裏腹に、彼女はいないし、女性に手が早いワケでもない。 | In contrast to his “not bad looks but seems a bit of a dandy” appearance, he didn’t have a girlfriend and he wasn’t particularly fast with the ladies. |
| ジブの裏帆とラダーを使って、バックしながら船首を進みたい方向に向けました。 | Using the rudder and the jib with the wind behind it we backed up, turning the bow to the direction we wanted to go. |
| 「ここまでは表向きの話なんです。キリカさんも知っていることですね」「ってことは、裏向きもあるんですか？」 | “Up to this point has been the official story, which Kirika also knows.” “By which you mean there is also an unofficial?” |
| 大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。 | I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work – collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn’t have been proved more wrong. |
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