Word Meaning 裏山

うらやま urayama

裏山 is read as うらやま (urayama) and means mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc..

Meaning

English

  1. mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.
  2. side of a mountain that gets little sunshine
  3. envious
  4. jealous
  5. jelly

Reading

Kana

うらやま

Romaji

urayama

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 17863 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

裏山死刑

うらやましけい

being jealous of someone over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students)

裏通り

うらどおり

side street (often parallel to a main street)

裏切る

うらぎる

to betray

裏口

うらぐち

backdoor

裏返し

うらがえし

inside out

裏表

うらおもて

inside out (e.g. clothing)

裏返す

うらがえす

to turn inside out

裏地

うらじ

land that does not adjoin to public or private roads

裏道

うらみち

unfair means

裏金

うらがね

bribe

裏側

うらがわ

the reverse (side)

裏付け

うらづけ

support (e.g. for an argument)

Example Sentences

2

When I was young, I remember building a secret hideout on the mountain behind out house with my friends.

Shimamura, while he was in the inn's entrance, looked at the nearby mountain bathed in the strong smell of fresh leaves and went to climb the mountain as if drawn by this smell.