Illustration: At a home sewing table, a grandmother holds up a cloth placemat by two corners while her grandchild curls the lower edge outward. The front has a carefully embroidered fish; the exposed reverse reveals the knots and crossing threads that produced it.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

裏うら表おもて

uraomote

front and back, both sides

Example sentences

  1. そのような裏表うらおもての判別はんべつがつかない座布団ざぶとんは日常にちじょうの用ようを足たす物ものであるため、来客用らいきゃくようと普段用ふだんようを用意よういする必要ひつようもあるかもしれない。

    For zabuton on which the top and bottom cannot be distinguished in this way, they are used for everyday use and it may be necessary to have on hand both zabuton for everyday use and zabuton specially for guests.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. なお裏表うらおもては中央ちゅうおうの糸いとの房ぼうが飛とび出だしている方ほうが表おもて、縫ぬい目めしか見みえないのが裏うらであるが、日常にちじょうの用ように足たす物ものでは中央ちゅうおうの房糸ぼういとが無ないものも見みられる。

    The top and bottom of a zabuton can be distinguished by the seam with the top being the side with the central thread tuft protruding and the bottom being the side on which only the seam can be seen

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 実際じっさいは板海苔いたのりに加工かこうする際さいに板側いたがわの方ほうが平たいらになる為ためであり、裏表うらおもては無ない。

    In fact, the side that touches the board becomes smooth when the seaweed is processed into sheets; it has no front or back.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 裏表

  • 裏back; amidstOnリKunうら
  • 表surface; tableOnヒョウKunおもて・あらわす・あらわれる

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