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"Back" in Japanese

後の

ushiro no

(near the rear)

後舌

atojita

(phonetics: produced in the back of the mouth)

ura

(away from the main area)

裏の

ura no

(near the rear)

以前の

izen no

(to or in a previous condition or place)

元の

moto no

(to or in a previous condition or place)

元通り

motodōri

(to or in a previous condition or place)

戻り

modori

(to or in a previous condition or place)

後ろ

ushiro

(that which is farthest away from the front)

後ろ

ushiro

(the part of something that goes last)

後ろ側

ushirogawa

(the part of something that goes last)

後方

kōhō

(the part of something that goes last)

最後

saigo

(that which is farthest away from the front)

se

(the rear of body)

背中

senaka

(the rear of body)

背後

haigo

(the reverse side)

背面

haimen

(the rear of body)

ura

(the reverse side)

裏側

uragawa

(the reverse side)

裏面

uramen

(the reverse side)

帰る

kaeru

(to go in the reverse direction)

戻る

modoru

(to go in the reverse direction)

逆行する

gyakkousuru

(to go in the reverse direction)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.