後ろ（うしろ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: behind / back
Example sentences
- 私の後ろの席に座ってください。 — Please sit in the seat behind me.
- 家の後ろに小さな庭がある。 — There's a small garden behind the house.
Idioms & proverbs containing “後ろ”
- 後ろ指を指す (うしろゆびをさす) — to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite
- 後ろ髪を引かれる (うしろがみをひかれる) — to do something with painful reluctance; to have one's hair pulled from behind
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- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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