"裏側" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɯ̟ɾa̠ɡa̠β̞a̠] Forms: 裏側 [canonical] (ruby: (うら), (がわ)), uragawa [romanization], uragafa [romanization], うらがは [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 裏 (ura, “the back or behind of something”) + 側 (kawa, gawa, “side of something”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|裏|側|sort=うらがわ|t1=the back or behind of something|t2=side of something|tr1=ura|tr2=kawa, gawa}} 裏 (ura, “the back or behind of something”) + 側 (kawa, gawa, “side of something”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|うらがわ|hhira=うらがは}} 裏(うら)側(がわ) • (uragawa) ^(←うらがは (uragafa)?)
  1. the other side; reverse side; back side
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      "roman": "omotegawa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "表",
          "おもて"
        ],
        [
          "側",
          "がわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "表側"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ja",
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        "3": "側",
        "sort": "うらがわ",
        "t1": "the back or behind of something",
        "t2": "side of something",
        "tr1": "ura",
        "tr2": "kawa, gawa"
      },
      "expansion": "裏 (ura, “the back or behind of something”) + 側 (kawa, gawa, “side of something”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 裏 (ura, “the back or behind of something”) + 側 (kawa, gawa, “side of something”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "裏側",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "裏",
          "うら"
        ],
        [
          "側",
          "がわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uragawa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uragafa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              29
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "carrying me to the other side of the earth\nand go looking for the most beautiful flower",
          "ref": "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:",
          "roman": "chikyū no uragawa made boku o hakonde\nichiban kirei na hana o sagashi ni iku n da",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "球",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "裏",
              "うら"
            ],
            [
              "側",
              "がわ"
            ],
            [
              "僕",
              "ぼく"
            ],
            [
              "運",
              "はこ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "綺",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "麗",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "花",
              "はな"
            ],
            [
              "探",
              "さが"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "地球の裏側まで 僕を運んで\n一番綺麗な花を探しに行くんだ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the other side; reverse side; back side"
      ],
      "id": "en-裏側-ja-noun-RDUlEfky",
      "links": [
        [
          "reverse",
          "reverse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うらがわ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɾa̠ɡa̠β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "裏側"
}
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    {
      "roman": "omotegawa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "表",
          "おもて"
        ],
        [
          "側",
          "がわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "表側"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "裏",
        "3": "側",
        "sort": "うらがわ",
        "t1": "the back or behind of something",
        "t2": "side of something",
        "tr1": "ura",
        "tr2": "kawa, gawa"
      },
      "expansion": "裏 (ura, “the back or behind of something”) + 側 (kawa, gawa, “side of something”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "裏側",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "裏",
          "うら"
        ],
        [
          "側",
          "がわ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uragawa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uragafa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うらがは",
      "roman": "uragafa",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "hhira": "うらがは"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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            [
              19,
              29
            ]
          ],
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            [
              10,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "carrying me to the other side of the earth\nand go looking for the most beautiful flower",
          "ref": "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:",
          "roman": "chikyū no uragawa made boku o hakonde\nichiban kirei na hana o sagashi ni iku n da",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "球",
              "きゅう"
            ],
            [
              "裏",
              "うら"
            ],
            [
              "側",
              "がわ"
            ],
            [
              "僕",
              "ぼく"
            ],
            [
              "運",
              "はこ"
            ],
            [
              "一",
              "いち"
            ],
            [
              "番",
              "ばん"
            ],
            [
              "綺",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "麗",
              "れい"
            ],
            [
              "花",
              "はな"
            ],
            [
              "探",
              "さが"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "地球の裏側まで 僕を運んで\n一番綺麗な花を探しに行くんだ",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the other side; reverse side; back side"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reverse",
          "reverse"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うらがわ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɾa̠ɡa̠β̞a̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "裏側"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 裏側 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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