Kanji1 / 9
背 kanji
stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ハイ
Kun readings
せせいそむくそむける
Words with 背
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —二律背反antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
- —面従腹背pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
- —背面跳びFosbury flop (high jump technique)
- —背後関係background (of a case, incident, etc.)
- —面向不背flawless
- —背面飛行inverted flight
- —特別背任aggravated breach of trust
- —背水の陣fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
- —眼光紙背reading between the lines
- —背反行為act of disobedience (betrayal); violation; breach; infraction; infringement
- —舞台背景stage scenery; set; backdrop
- —背景画像background image; static image
- —前胸背板pronotum
- —背景音楽background music
- —背信行為breach of faith; breach of trust; act of disloyalty
- —背景放射background radiation
- —背景説明background briefing; backgrounder
- —指背歩行knuckle-walking (e.g. by chimpanzees, etc.)
- —背側視床dorsal thalamus
- —時代背景historical background