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noun
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back fat, fatty upper part of roast pork(food term)
Other readings:
背油【せあぶら】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
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stature, height, size, physique
Other readings:
背格好【せかっこう】
、背恰好【せいかっこう】
、背恰好【せかっこう】
noun, auxillary suru verb
•
comparing heights, comparison of statures
Other readings:
背比べ【せくらべ】
、背較べ【せいくらべ】
、背競べ【せいくらべ】
noun
1.
backboard
2.
dorsal plate, tergum(only relevant for はいばん)
Other readings:
背板【はいばん】
noun
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Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis var. scabra)(usually kana)
Other readings:
セイタカアワダチソウ
noun
1.
black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)(usually kana)
2.
stilt (any bird of family Recurvirostridae), avocet(usually kana)
Other readings:
せいたかしぎ《背高鷸》
、セイタカシギ
expression, Godan-u verb
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to be betrayed unexpectedly, to be stabbed in the back, to be double-crossed
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背負投げを食う【せおいなげをくう】
expression, Godan-tsu verb
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to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)
noun
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budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus), common pet parakeet, shell parakeet, budgie(usually kana)
Other readings:
セキセイインコ
noun
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yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platura), yellowbelly sea snake, pelagic sea snake(usually kana)
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セグロウミヘビ
noun
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herring gull (Larus argentatus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
セグロカモメ
noun
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Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)(usually kana)
Other readings:
セグロセキレイ
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to feel a chill run down one's spine(idiom )
noun
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striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius)(usually kana)
Other readings:
セスジネズミ
expression, Godan-su verb
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to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight), to hold one's head high
noun
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Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)(usually kana)
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セッパリイルカ
noun
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Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)(usually kana)
Other readings:
せとがや《背戸茅》
、セトガヤ
expression
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even an unruly horse can be tamed(proverb)
Other readings:
背戸の馬も合い口【せどのうまもあいくち】
noun
1.
back to back
2.
discord, feud
3.
opposite sides of the same coin
Other readings:
背中あわせ【せなかあわせ】
、背中合せ【せなかあわせ】
expression, Ichidan verb
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to teach by example, to teach by showing, to teach with one's back
Godan-u verb, expression
1.
to walk behind someone
2.
to follow in someone's footsteps(idiom )
expression, Godan-su verb
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to push someone (towards), to encourage someone(idiom )
expression, Ichidan verb
1.
to turn one's back on
2.
to be uninterested in
expression
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you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice(proverb)
Other readings:
背に腹は替えられない【せにはらはかえられない】
、背に腹は代えられない【せにはらはかえられない】
、背に腹は変えられない【せにはらはかえられない】
expression
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you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice(proverb)
See also:背に腹はかえられない
Other readings:
背に腹はかえられぬ【せにはらはかえられぬ】
、背に腹は代えられぬ【せにはらはかえられぬ】
、背に腹は変えられぬ【せにはらはかえられぬ】
noun
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noun
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Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)(usually kana)
Other readings:
セマルハコガメ
noun
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North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
セミクジラ
noun
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Other readings:
せむし《背虫》
、くぐせ《傴僂》[1]
、くぐせ《背虫》[1]
、くぐせ《屈背》[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
vein of a shrimp (prawn), digestive tract of a shrimp, sand vein
Other readings:
背ワタ【せワタ】
、背腸【せわた】
noun
1.
slicing a fish down its back
2.
slit in the back of a garment
3.
split in a piece of lumber (to prevent splitting when drying)
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背割り【せわり】
noun
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meat, flesh, or muscles along the spine(archaism)
Other readings:
膂宍【そじし】
、背宍【そしし】
、背宍【そじし】
Ichidan verb, transitive verb
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to turn (one's face) away, to avert (one's eyes)
noun
1.
backwater
See also:バックウォーター
2.
standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)(archaism)
expression
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fighting with one's back to the wall, having burnt one's bridges, last stand, from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing(idiom )
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
running backwards
2.
running with the head turned back
noun
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corruption, immorality, lapse from virtue, fall from virtue
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悖徳【はいとく】
noun
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sense of guilty pleasure, feeling of naughtiness
See also:罪悪感 (ざいあくかん)
noun, auxillary suru verb
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revolting, rebellion, going against, contradiction, antinomy
Other readings:
悖反【はいはん】
noun
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act of disobedience (betrayal), violation, breach, infraction, infringement(yojijukugo)