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

mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.
side of a mountain that gets little sunshine
envious
jealous
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 17954 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

裏面

りめん

back (side)

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

裏付ける

うらづける

to support (a theory, claim, etc.)

裏道

うらみち

unfair means

裏金

うらがね

bribe

裏側

うらがわ

the reverse (side)

Example Sentences

子供の頃、裏山に友達と秘密基地を築いたのを覚えている。

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

島村は宿の玄関で若葉の匂いの強い裏山を見上げると、それに誘われるように荒っぽく登って行った。

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.