バックグラウンド
also: バックグランド
Meanings
Refers to the visual background of a photo, picture, scene, screen, or design.
If you blur the background of the photo, the person stands out.
The blue background of this illustration is striking.
background; circumstances; context
Used for the circumstances or context behind an event, statement, person, organization, or situation.
We need to investigate the background of the incident in detail.
There are complicated circumstances behind her remark.
Abbreviated use from バックグラウンドミュージック. In ordinary modern Japanese, BGM or the full バックグラウンドミュージック may be clearer.
See also: バックグラウンドミュージック
バックグラウンド is sometimes used as an abbreviation for background music.
background activity; background process
Computing use, especially in expressions such as バックグラウンドで動作する, where a program continues running without being in the foreground.
This app updates location information in the background.
The download is continuing in the background.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉をバックグラウンドにするto use something as a backdrop
I took the photo with the white wall as the background.
- 〈事〉のバックグラウンドを持つto have a certain background or context (behind a person or matter)
He has a background in music.
- バックグラウンドが流れるfor background music to be playing
It was a café with quiet background music playing.
- バックグラウンドで動作するto run in the background (of a program or process)
This software is running in the background.