紙し背はい

noun

reverse side of a paper

Literal meaning: the back of a sheet of paper. Not a common everyday word; more often encountered in literary or formal contexts.

• 紙し背はいにまでインクが染しみている。

  The ink has soaked through to the reverse side of the paper.

noun

reading between the lines

Abbreviation of 眼光紙背 (がんこうしはい), meaning to perceive the deeper meaning beyond the written words. Used in literary or critical contexts.

See also: 眼光紙背 (がんこうしはい)

• 彼かれの批ひ評ひょうは紙し背はいに徹てっしている。

  His critique penetrates to the meaning between the lines.