のけざまMeanings1nounon one's back; face upusually written using kana aloneDescribes a posture of lying or falling backward. Most often used adverbially as のけざまに.彼かれはのけざまに倒たおれた。He fell on his back.のけざまに寝ね転ころんで空そらを見み上あげた。I lay on my back and looked up at the sky.