裏うら

noun

rear; back; behind

Spatial back or rear side of a building, object, or location.

• 家いえの裏うらに小ちいさな庭にわがある。

  There is a small garden behind the house.

• 建たて物ものの裏うらに駐ちゅう車しゃ場じょうがあります。

  There is a parking lot at the back of the building.

noun

lining; inside

Inner lining of clothing, bags, or containers; the inside surface.

• コートの裏うらが破やぶれてしまった。

  The lining of my coat has torn.

• 箱はこの裏うらには何なにも書かいていない。

  Nothing is written on the inside of the box.

noun

hidden side; behind the scenes; unknown circumstances

Abstract hidden aspect: secret dealings, offstage activities, or the side of a person or situation not openly shown. Sense 5 emphasizes personality or hidden facts.

• 彼かれは裏うらで何なにをしているかわからない。

  I don't know what he is doing behind the scenes.

• 事じ件けんの裏うらには複ふく雑ざつな事じ情じょうがあった。

  There were complicated circumstances behind the incident.

• 彼かの女じょには優やさしい裏うらの顔かおがある。

  She has a hidden gentle side.

noun

proof; supporting evidence

Used in the compound 裏付け (うらづけ) meaning corroboration or backing. Rarely used alone in this sense.

See also: 裏付け

• その主しゅ張ちょうには裏うら付づけが必ひつ要ようだ。

  That claim needs supporting evidence.

noun

opposite; contrary; inverse

Logical opposite or reverse of a prediction, common sense, or hypothesis. Often appears in the phrase 裏をかく (outwit, do the opposite of what is expected).

See also: 裏をかく

• 彼かれの行こう動どうは予よ想そうの裏うらをかいた。

  His actions went against expectations.

• 常じょう識しきの裏うらを考かんがえてみる。

  I try to think of the opposite of common sense.

noun

bottom of an inning; last half of an inning

Baseball term for the second half of an inning when the home team bats. Antonym: 表 (おもて).

Antonyms: 表 (おもて)

• 9回かいの裏うらで逆ぎゃく転てんした。

  They turned the game around in the bottom of the ninth inning.