Translation guide
The English phrase "backing up" has several distinct meanings. This guide covers the most common uses: supporting a claim or person, moving backwards, creating a copy of data, and causing a traffic jam. Each meaning requires different Japanese expressions.
To provide evidence, confirmation, or moral support for someone or something.
Means 'to support (a claim/statement) with evidence'. Commonly used in formal or written contexts.
His testimony is backing up my claim.
General term for 'to support' someone or an organization, often in a moral or practical sense.
We are backing up his plan.
Literally 'to push from behind'; implies giving a boost or encouragement to someone's efforts.
My friends backed up my challenge.
To move a vehicle or person in reverse direction.
Common loanword from English 'back', used for vehicles moving in reverse.
I backed up the car into the parking space.
Formal term for moving backwards, used for vehicles, troops, or abstract things like economies.
The truck backed up slowly.
General verb for stepping back or moving backward; can be used for people or objects.
To make a duplicate of digital files or data for safekeeping.
When vehicles accumulate and block a road, often due to an incident.
Please back up a little.
Traffic backs up at this intersection in the evening.