裏山

うらやま

Meanings

1. Noun mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.
2. side of a mountain that gets little sunshine
3. な-adjective envious; jealous; jelly (pun on うらやましい) See also: 羨ましい (うらやましい).

Kanji

• 裏 behind. Read as うら.
• 山 mountain. Read as やま.

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.

Common phrases

• 裏山が崩れる
• 裏山にある

Words containing 裏山

• 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)

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