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裏話 (urabanashi) Japanese meaning: inside story | Kotomora
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I was surprised to hear the inside story of that incident.
He knows a lot of behind-the-scenes stories about famous actors.
Related words 裏話 is a casual, often anecdotal behind-the-scenes story, whereas 内幕 suggests a more serious exposé of hidden facts.
裏話 is a casual 'behind-the-scenes' story shared informally, while 秘話 carries a stronger sense of a formerly concealed, often significant, story.
Written forms 裏うら 話ばなし Usage 92%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
ウラ 話ばなし Usage 8%
Katakana variant sometimes used for emphasis or in informal writing.
ウラばなし
Etymology Compound of 裏 (ura, 'back, reverse side') and 話 (hanashi, 'story, talk'), literally 'back story'. The reading ばなし is a rendaku form of はなし.
