浦|うらura[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nouninlet
2. nounseashore; beach

• Synonym潟かたWrittenWritten/formal prose for a lagoon or a tidal flat exposed at low tide; best known from place names like 「新潟」. 「浦」 is a small bay or a fishing village by the sea.
• Synonym江えWrittenWritten register: read 「え」, it means a small inlet, now kept alive almost only in place names like 「江の島」. 「浦」 can also mean a seaside fishing village.
• Synonym湾わんNeutralA bay of any size, as in 「東京湾」, and a common place-name suffix. 「浦」 suggests a smaller inlet and carries a classical, place-name flavor.
• Synonym入り江いりえNeutralA small bay where the sea cuts into the land, as in 「入り江の港」; purely a landform, while 「浦」 can also mean a seaside fishing village and lives on in place names.
• Synonym入り海いりうみNeutralWater where the sea or a lake reaches inland; much the same as 「入り江」 and 「湾」 but rarely used. 「浦」 can also mean a seaside fishing village.
• Related浦辺うらべWrittenA written word for the seashore or coast with a classical, waka-like flavor. 「浦」 centers on the inlet itself or the village beside it.
• Antonym陸りくNeutralRead 「ろく」, it means decent or proper (also flat); spelling it 「陸」 is just an ateji, so there is no real opposition to 「浦」, the word for a small bay or fishing village.

Use 「浦」 for a small inlet or a seaside fishing village; it is mostly seen in place names and classical texts, as in 「浦安」 and 「浦島太郎」. For the landform say 「入り江」, for a bay 「湾」, for a lagoon or tidal flat 「潟」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （うら）入り江いりえ・
2. （うら）（入り江いりえに成立せいりつした）漁村ぎょそん。