背せ中なかを追おう

godan verb (-u), expression

walk behind someone

Literal physical action of walking behind a person, often with a sense of following them.

• 彼かれは黙だまって私わたしの背せ中なかを追おってきた。

  He silently walked behind me.

godan verb (-u), expression

follow in someone's footsteps

Idiomatic use: to emulate or follow the example of a predecessor, often in a career or life path.

• 彼かれは父ちち親おやの背せ中なかを追おって医い者しゃになった。

  He followed in his father's footsteps and became a doctor.