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裏腹
- Kana Reading
- うらはら
- Romaji
- urahara
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- opposite; reverse; contrary
- Example sentence
- 「見た目は悪くないがちょっと軽薄そう」な外見とは裏腹に、彼女はいないし、女性に手が早いワケでもない。 In contrast to his "not bad looks but seems a bit of a dandy" appearance, he didn't have a girlfriend and he wasn't particularly fast with the ladies.
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Examples of 裏腹, うらはら in a sentence
Popular Study Lists
Kanji in this word
裏
JLPT 2
13 strokes
back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
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