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雪乃の汗で濡れ光っている白いうなじや、上衣の合わせ目から覗くほっそりとした鎖骨は、清楚な容貌とは裏腹に淫靡な色香を漂わせている。

what does うなじや mean here ?

清楚な容貌とは裏腹に淫靡な色香を漂わせている。

Also what does 裏腹に refer to in this context?

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    Hello! You don't need to put the whole quote in italics, I recommend you to use italics/bold only to highlight certain parts of the quoted sentence. If not, it just makes the whole sentence less readable and it is superfluous
    – jarmanso7
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 17:45

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  • うなじや is うなじ ("nape") + や ("and"). うなじ and 鎖骨 are the subjects of the sentence. The simplified version of the sentence is うなじや鎖骨は色香を漂わせている.
  • ～とは裏腹に is an adverbial set phrase, "despite ～", "in contrast to ～", "contrary to ～".

So the sentence is basically saying that although her overall appearance is clean, her うなじ and 鎖骨 are voluptuous.

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