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後ろ (うしろ, ushiro) Japanese meaning: back | Kotomora
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ろ
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立た
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て
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He was standing behind me.
There is a small garden at the back of the house.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 後うし ろに 〈 物もの 〉 がある there is something behind a place
There's a car behind the house.
後うし ろを 向む く to turn around, to face backward
He turned around and laughed.
後うし ろに 下さ がる to step back, to move backward
Please step back one step.
後うし ろから 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something from behind
I was called out to from behind.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 後うし ろに 立た つ to stand behind someone
I stood behind the teacher.
Expressions 手て が 後うし ろに 回まわ る be arrested; have one's hands tied behind one's back 後うし ろ 髪がみ を 引ひ かれる feel a painful reluctance to leave; have one's hair pulled from behind (lit.) 敵てき に 後うし ろを 見み せる flee from the enemy; turn tail · expose one's weakness to an adversary Related words 背後 is a more formal, often literary word for 'behind', frequently used for hidden danger or unseen presence, while 後ろ is the everyday spatial word.
後ろ specifically refers to the physical back or behind-position, while 後 can be used spatially, temporally, or abstractly.
後ろ is the everyday Japanese word for 'back/behind', while リア is a loanword used mainly in technical or product contexts like cars and machines.
後ろ is the everyday, casual word for 'behind', while 後方 is more formal and typically used in written, military, or technical contexts.
Don't confuse with 後 (あと) refers to time ('after', 'later') or what remains, while 後ろ (うしろ) is strictly spatial, meaning 'back' or 'behind'.
裏 means the reverse or hidden side of something, whereas 後ろ is simply the back side in a spatial, positional sense.
後ろ simply means 'behind' or 'the back side' as a location or direction, whereas 後ろ姿 specifically means the appearance or figure of a person viewed from that side.
Word family· 26 back-facing; backwards · backward-looking; retrogressive; negative
guilty; uneasy; having a guilty conscience
appearance from behind; back view; retreating figure
Written forms 後うし ろ Usage 78%
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; high-frequency word.
うしろ Usage 22%
後うしろ Usage <1%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana usage; easily confused with 後 (あと) or 後 (のち).
Etymology Derived from 後 (ato, 'behind') with an emphatic or directional suffix ろ, forming a spatial noun. The kanji 後 is used for its meaning 'behind'.
後ろ is the general everyday word for 'back' or 'behind', while 後部 is a more formal term specifically for the rear section of a vehicle, vessel, or object.
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right behind; directly behind
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with hands behind one's back · behind; rear; back
backbiting; criticizing behind one's back
front and back; before and after
rear right; back right; right and behind
rear left; back left; left and behind
back side; rear; back end
backwards; back to front; inside out
retreating figure; back of a person walking away
backing; support; patron · shield that protects one's back
back of a collar · grabbing the back of the opponent's collar (in judo)
crying over spilt milk; complaining about the past · backbiting; malicious gossip
rear basket (e.g. on a bicycle)
postponement; moving back (a schedule)
