表ひょう裏り一いっ体たい

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

two sides of the same coin; inseparable opposites

Yojijukugo emphasizing that two seemingly opposite things are actually inseparable aspects of a single entity. Often used in abstract contexts like good and evil, love and hate, or public and private life.

• 自じ由ゆうと責せき任にんは表ひょう裏り一いっ体たいだ。

  Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin.

• 彼かれの公おおやけの顔かおと私し生せい活かつは表ひょう裏り一いっ体たいの関かん係けいにある。

  His public face and private life are inseparably linked.