Illustration: At the entrance to a Japanese apartment, a resident has lifted one house slipper and turned it sole-up. A flattened leaf is stuck across the bottom, with its stem caught in a groove.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

裏うら

ura

reverse side, underside

Example sentences

  1. 靴くつの裏うらにガムがこびりついちゃった。

    There’s gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 表おもてか裏うらか。

    Heads or tails?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 足あしの裏うらってくすぐったい？

    Are your feet ticklish?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 裏

  • 裏back; amidstOnリKunうら

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