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    3. 表裏

    表裏

    表ひょう裏り

    front and back

    KMT8News #19+1CoreCore ConceptsKanji Vocab21 strokes

    ひょうりおもてうら

    Noun

    1.
    front and back, inside and outside, two sides, both sides

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    2.
    duplicity, double-dealing, being two-faced

    Stroke 0 / 21

    Speed1.0x

    コインの表ひょう裏りを確かく認にんする。

    Check the front and back of the coin.

    KMT6Core ConceptsDaily Life
    彼かれの言こと葉ばには表ひょう裏りがあるように感かんじられた。

    His words felt like they had two sides (duplicity).

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    この問もん題だいには、表ひょう裏り両りょう方ほうの側そく面めんからアプローチする必ひつ要ようがある。

    This problem needs to be approached from both its front and back (two) sides.

    KMT8Core ConceptsWork & Career
    人にん間げんの感かん情じょうは、喜よろこびと悲かなしみが表ひょう裏り一いっ体たいの関 係 にある。

    Human emotions, joy and sorrow, are two sides of the same coin.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy
    政せい治じ家かの表ひょう裏りのある態たい度どが、国こく民みんの不ふ信しん感かんを招まねいた。

    The politician's two-faced attitude invited public distrust.

    KMT9Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    表
    おもて・-おもて・あらわ.す・あらわ.れる・あら.わす…(1)
    surface・table・chart・diagram
    裏
    うら…(1)
    back・amidst・in・reverse・inside…(5)
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