背

Meaning

背 centers on the back side of something: the physical back of a body, the rear of an object, or the figurative idea of turning one's back on something, which leads to disobeying, defying, or rebelling. The stature/height sense is a related extension from the back's role in posture.

• 背景はいけい
  N2

  background; scenery; backdrop; setting

• 背中せなか
  N4

  back (of the body)

• 背せい
  N3

  height; stature

• 背せ
  N5

  back

• 背負うせおう
  N2

  to carry on one's back

• 背後はいご
  N1

  back; rear

• 背面はいめん

  rear; back; reverse

• 背筋せすじ

  spine; line of the backbone

• 背番号せばんごう

  number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number; squad number

• 背骨せぼね
  N1

  spine; backbone; spinal column

• 背徳はいとく

  corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue

• 背けるそむける

  to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

• 猫背ねこぜ
  N1

  bent back; hunchback; stoop

• 背くそむく
  N1

  to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

• 背伸びせのび

  standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself

• 背広せびろ
  N5

  business suit

• 背丈せたけ

  stature; height

• 背もたれせもたれ

  back (of a chair); backrest

• 背部はいぶ

  (one's) back

• 背中合わせせなかあわせ

  back-to-back; facing in opposite directions

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