Kanji1 / 13
裏 kanji
back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
リ
Kun readings
うら
Words with 裏
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —内裏様imperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor); festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
- —成功裏(with a) successful outcome; (ending in) success
- —秘密裏(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
- —大内裏greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
- —里内裏imperial palace temporarily built outside of the great imperial palace (Heian period)
- —平和裏peaceable; peaceful
- —極秘裏(in) absolute secrecy; (with) utmost secrecy
- —隠密裏(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
- —表裏一体the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
- —裏面工作string-pulling; backstage manoeuvering (maneuvering)
- —囲炉裏端fireside; hearth
- —裏面に続くcontinued overleaf; please turn over; PTO
- —脳裏をよぎるto cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
- —脳裏に浮かぶto cross one's mind; to occur to one
- —炉裏prepubescent girl; young girl; childlike young woman; lolicon; sexual attraction to prepubescent girls; male pedophile; male pedophilia
- —心裏one's mind; the bottom of one's heart; inner feelings
- —居炉裏sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
- —暗暗裏secretly; covertly; tacitly
- —内裏びなfestival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
- —交際場裏social circles; arena of (fashionable) society