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名詞

1

（＝着物の裏）lining

用例

• 着物に裏を付ける
  to line a gown

• 上衣に絹の裏を付ける
  to line a coat with silk
• 上衣に絹の裏が付いている
  The coat is lined with silk
  The coat has a silk lining.
• 外套に毛の裏が付いている
  The overcoat is lined with fur.
• 裏が切れた
  The lining is worn out.

2

（＝裏面）the reverse; the back; the inside; the other side; the wrong side

用例

• この羅紗には裏表がある
  This cloth has its right and wrong side.

• 賞牌の裏
  the reverse of a medal
• 銭の裏
  the revers of a coin―the verso of a coin―the tail of a coin
• 札の裏
  the back of a bank-note
• 手の裏
  the palm of the hand
• 足の裏
  the sole （of the foot）
• 歯の裏
  the inner side of the teeth
• ページの裏に図がある
  There is a cut on the other side of the leaf
  There is a wood-cut overleaf.
• 事件の裏に女がいる
  There is a lady in the case.
• 心の裏を見透す
  to see through one's heart
• 裏を返す
  （着物なら）to turn a coat inside out―（誤ってなら）―turn a coat the wrong side out―（遊里の詞にては）―make a second visit （to a prostitute）

3

（＝背後）the back; the rear

用例

• 裏に庭がある
  There is a garden at the back of the house―（英、米は）―in the rear of the house.

• 竹は裏の藪に生えている
  Bamboos grow in the bush at the back―in the rear.
• 裏口、裏門
  the back entrance―the backstairs―the postern
• 裏から入る
  to enter at the back entrance
• 正面から行ってはまずいから裏からまわった方が好い
  It would be clumsy to make a frontal attack; it would be better to use the backstair influence.
• 裏町、裏通り
  a back-street
• 裏店
  a house in a back-street

4

（＝背面、反面、反対）the reverse; the opposite; the contrary

用例

• あの人の言うことは裏の意味がある
  His words have an opposite meaning
  He means the opposite to what he says
  He is ironical.

• あの人の言うことは裏を取らなければならぬ
  We must interpret his words by contraries.
• 裏を言う
  to say the opposite to what one means―say anything over the left
• あの人は才子だ、裏から
  He is clever―over the left.
• （相撲の）裏の手
  a counter-chip
• 四十八手裏表
  the forty-eight chips and counter-chips
• 計略の裏をかく
  to baffle one's design―baulk one's design―defeat one's design―foil one's design―frustrate one's design
• 法律の裏をかく
  to defeat the ends of justice
• 堂々と法律の裏をかく
  to drive a coach-and-six through an act of parliament