裏口

Japanese

Kanji in this term
裏	口
うら Grade: 6	くち > ぐち Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

裏(うら) (ura, “back”) + 口(くち) (kuchi, “opening, door”). The kuchi changes to guchi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うらぐち [ùrágúchí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ɾa̠ɡɯ̟t͡ɕi]

Noun

裏(うら)口(ぐち) • (uraguchi)

back door

Synonyms

裏戸(うらど) (urado)

See also

バックドア (bakkudoa)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN