裏: Back; Amidst; InKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (リ)

• 脳裏のうりone's mind
• 表裏ひょうりfront and back; inside and outside
• 裏面りめんback; reverse
• 内裏だいりimperial palace
• 交際場裏こうさいじょうりsocial circles; arena of (fashionable) society
• 内裏びなだいりびなfestival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
• 内裏様だいりさまimperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor)
• 内裏雛だいりびなfestival dolls representing the emperor and the empress
• 囲炉裏いろりsunken hearth; sunken fireplace
• 場裏じょうりarena (e.g. international arena)
• 大内裏だいだいりgreater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies
• 居炉裏いろりsunken hearth; sunken fireplace
• 平和裏へいわりpeaceable; peaceful
• 庫裏くりtemple kitchen; monastery kitchen
• 影裏えいりshade
• 心裏しんりone's mind; the bottom of one's heart
• 成功裏せいこうり(with a) successful outcome; (ending in) success

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 裏うらopposite side; bottom
• 裏付けうらづけsupport (e.g. for an argument); backing
• 裏側うらがわthe reverse; other side
• 裏金うらがねbribe
• 裏腹うらはらopposite; reverse
• 舞台裏ぶたいうらoffstage; backstage
• 裏切るうらぎるto betray; to turn traitor to
• 裏目うらめreverse side
• 裏方うらかたsomeone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter
• 裏返しうらがえしinside out; upside down
• 裏切りうらぎりtreachery; betrayal
• 裏切り者うらぎりものbetrayer; traitor
• 裏口うらぐちbackdoor; rear entrance
• 口裏くちうらdetermining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech
• 屋根裏やねうらattic; loft
• 裏づけるうらづけるto support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up
• 裏付けるうらづけるto support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up
• 裏地うらじlining
• 裏山うらやまmountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.
• 裏庭うらにわrear garden; back yard
• 裏手うらてback (esp. of a building, etc.); rear
• 裏打ちうらうちlining; backing
• 裏書うらがきendorsement; proof
• 裏木戸うらきどback door
• 裏番組うらばんぐみprogram competing with another in the same timeslot (programme); counterprogram (television)
• 裏表うらおもてback and front; inside and outside
• 裏話うらばなしinside story; the real story (behind something)
• 裏返すうらがえすto turn inside out; to turn the other way
• 裏通りうらどおりside street (often parallel to a main street); back street
• 裏道うらみちback lane; byway
• 裏門うらもんback gate
• うまい話には裏があるうまいはなしにはうらがあるif it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; there's a flip side to every coin
• さらし裏さらしうらbleached lining (esp. tabi); bleached interior
• 共裏ともうらlining a kimono with the same material as the kimono itself
• 口裏を合わせるくちうらをあわせるto arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
• 口裏合わせくちうらあわせarranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight
• 声が裏返るこえがうらがえるto crack (person's voice); to squeak
• 大裏白の木おおうらじろのきmalus tschonoskii; white angel
• 天井裏てんじょううらabove the ceiling
• 学校裏サイトがっこううらサイトunderground website or online message board for a school where students typically exchange information on tests, commit cyberbullying, etc.
• 家の裏いえのうらback of the house
• 屋根裏部屋やねうらべやattic; garret

Other readings

• 上手い話には裏うらがあるうまいはなしにはうらがあるif it sounds too good to be true, it probably is; there's a flip side to every coin

Showing the 60 most common of 221 words. See them all in the graph.

Kanji that often appear with 裏

• 返
• 付
• 口
• 内
• 屋
• 書
• 切
• 話
• 脳
• 表
• 面
• 手