裏側

Japanese

Kanji in this term
裏	側
うら Grade: 6	がわ Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 裏 (ura, “the back or behind of something”) +‎ 側 (kawa, gawa, “side of something”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うらがわ [ùrágáwá] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɾa̠ɡa̠β̞a̠]

Noun

裏(うら)側(がわ) • (uragawa) ^{←うらがは (uragafa)^?}

the other side; reverse side; back side
- 2010, “おちゃめ機能 (full)”, ゴジマジP (music)‎^{niconico VocaDB}performed by ゴジマジP ft. 重音テト:
  
  地(ち)球(きゅう)の裏(うら)側(がわ)まで　僕(ぼく)を運(はこ)んで
  一(いち)番(ばん)綺(き)麗(れい)な花(はな)を探(さが)しに行(い)くんだ
  chikyū no uragawa made boku o hakonde
  ichiban kirei na hana o sagashi ni iku n da
  carrying me to the other side of the earth
  and go looking for the most beautiful flower

Antonyms

表(おもて)側(がわ) (omotegawa)

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN