表裏

• 読み: ひょうり
• ローマ字: hyori
• 漢字の分解: 表 (hyou/omote) — surface, front, outside; 裏 (ri/ura) — back, reverse, inside
• 発音: /çjo.ː.ɾi/

意味

Front and back; two sides; duplicity. Can describe both the literal two faces of an object and a person's two-faced or hypocritical nature.

A noun with both concrete and abstract meanings. Physically, it refers to the front and back of a surface. Figuratively, 表裏のある人 describes someone who behaves differently in public versus private — two-faced or hypocritical. 表裏一体 (two sides of the same coin) is a common set phrase meaning inseparably linked.

例文

1. 成功と失敗は表裏の関係にあり、どちらも成長に欠かせないものだ。
2. あの人は表裏があるから、表向きの言葉をそのまま信じるのは危険だ。
3. 豊かさと貧困は現代社会が抱える表裏の問題だと言える。

使い方ガイド

場面: character, philosophy, relationships, society

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 表 (hyou/omote, surface/front) and 裏 (ri/ura, back/reverse). The compound has been in use since classical Japanese, describing both literal surfaces and figurative duality. Used in idioms like 表裏一体 from at least the Edo period.

文化的背景

時代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal