裏
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Meanings
- opposite side, bottom, other side, side hidden from view, undersurface, reverse side
- rear, back, behind
- lining, inside
- in the shadows, behind the scenes, offstage, behind (someone's) back
- more (to something than meets the eye), hidden side (e.g. of one's personality), unknown circumstances, different side
- proof
- opposite (of a prediction, common sense, etc.), contrary
- inverse (of a hypothesis, etc.)
- bottom (of an inning), last half (of an inning)
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Please look at the back of the paper.
There is a small garden behind the house.
The lining of the coat is made of red fabric.
She has a public face and a hidden side to her personality.
A game-reversing home run was hit in the bottom of the 9th inning.
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character (esp. kanji), letter, written text; handwriting, penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
important, serious, crucial; valuable, precious; serious matter, major incident, matter of grave concern, crisis; great undertaking, great enterprise, great thing; safe, OK
to get dirty, to become dirty; to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
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character (esp. kanji), letter, written text; handwriting, penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
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View detailsto get dirty, to become dirty; to become sullied, to become corrupted, to lose one's chastity
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