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日裏 (ひうら) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

日ひ裏うら

Meanings

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noun

obsolete term

Obsolete term for shade; replaced by 日陰 (ひかげ) in modern Japanese.

See also: 日陰

古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「日ひ裏うら」が日ひ陰かげを意い味みする語ごとして見みられる。
In old documents, 日裏 is seen as a word meaning shade.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
裏back, amidst, in

Similar words

日ひ陰かげ
Modern standard word for shade; 日裏 is its obsolete synonym.

Etymology

Compound of 日 (hi, 'sun') and 裏 (ura, 'back, reverse side'), literally 'the back side of the sun', i.e., shade. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.