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► 成句
  [(2)うら]  [裏を掻く]    meaning:  deceive  rank: 2
☆ 我々の裏をかいて奇襲をかけた ⇨ We outsmarted our enemy and ambushed them

  [(2)うら]  [裏を取る]  [coll]    meaning:  verify  rank: 3
☆ 刑事容疑者アリバイの裏をろうとしている ⇨ The detective is trying to verify the suspect’s alibi

► 名詞
  [(2)うら]    meaning:  back  rank: 1
☆ うちのの裏には有る ⇨ There are woods behind my house
☆ その用紙は裏にも記入する項目有る ⇨ That form has items to fill in the back side as well

  [(2)うら]  [coll]    meaning:  legal  rank: 1
☆ は裏で偽造身分証明書買った ⇨ He bought a fake ID in black market
☆ 彼女は昔裏ビデオていた ⇨ She used to star in illegal porn videos

  [(2)うら]  [裏が有る]  [coll]    meaning:  secret  rank: 1
☆ そのには相当裏が有るようだ ⇨ That deal seems to have a lot of hidden details behind the scenes

  [(2)うら]  [裏が無い]  [coll]    meaning:  secret  rank: 1
☆ には裏はいと思う ⇨ I don’t think he has a flip side, hidden motives


More examples:
  • 貴様、裏切りやがったな! ⇨ You betrayed me! You traitor!
  • は裏の事情じている ⇨ He knows what’s really happening behind the scenes
  • は裏切り血祭りにげた ⇨ He brutally killed the traitor
  • 裏切り皆殺しにしろ ⇨ Kill them all the traitors
  • 彼女から裏情報を聞き出すことに成功した ⇨ I managed to get secret information from her
  • シャツを裏表反対ている ⇨ He is wearing his shirt inside out
  • けてくれたを裏切るなんてなんて恩知らずなだ ⇨ What an ingrate to betray someone who had helped him
  • 舞台裏でがあったのかはよくからない ⇨ We don’t really know what happened in the backstage, behind the scene
  • 裏庭に有る納屋 ⇨ A shed in the backyard
  • 映画制作には沢山の裏方がわっている ⇨ Movie making involves a lot of support staff
  • 勝ち焦っ戦略えたのが裏目にた ⇨ They changed their strategy trying to secure a win too soon, and it backfired
  • シャツを表裏逆様ていた ⇨ He was wearing shirts inside out
  • 彼女の裏をくすぐった ⇨ She tickled his foot sole
  • 実験結果予想を裏付けた ⇨ The test results verified the prediction
  • 入り組んだ裏道 ⇨ The complex intertwined backstreets of the old town