表ひょう裏り

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈物もの〉の表ひょう裏りがわかりにくいit's hard to tell which side is the front and which is the back

  このシャツは表ひょう裏りがわかりにくい。

  It's hard to tell the front from the back of this shirt.

• 〈物もの〉を表ひょう裏り逆ぎゃくにするto put something on with the front and back reversed (inside-out)

  靴くつ下したを表ひょう裏り逆ぎゃくに履はいてしまった。

  I put my socks on with the front and back reversed.

• 〈人ひと〉に表ひょう裏りがあるsomeone is two-faced; there's a gap between their words and true intentions

  彼かれの言げん動どうには表ひょう裏りがある。

  There's a discrepancy between what he says and what he actually does.

• 〈人ひと〉は表ひょう裏りのない性せい格かくだsomeone has an honest, straightforward personality without duplicity

  彼かの女じょは表ひょう裏りのない性せい格かくで、みんなに信しん頼らいされている。

  She has a straightforward personality without any duplicity, and everyone trusts her.