Search Terms: *背*
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noun
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business suit(perhaps from "civil clothes" or "Savile Row")
Other readings:
脊広【せびろ】[1]
、セビロ
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
noun
1.
back, spine
2.
reverse, rear side
3.
height, stature
4.
ridge (of a mountain)
Other readings:
脊【せ】
noun
1.
background, scenery, backdrop, setting
2.
background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context
3.
backing, support (from behind the scenes)
Godan-u verb, transitive verb
1.
to carry on one's back
2.
to be burdened with, to take responsibility for
3.
to have (something) in the background, to be in front (of something)
Godan-u verb, intransitive verb
4.
Other readings:
背負う【しょう】
、脊負う【せおう】[1]
、脊負う【しょう】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
•
to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe
Other readings:
叛く【そむく】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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breach of trust, malfeasance, malpractice, misappropriation
noun
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number on back of player's shirt, uniform number, shirt number
noun
1.
spine, line of the backbone
2.
seam down the back (of clothing)
noun, no-adjective
•
spine, backbone, spinal column
Other readings:
脊骨【せぼね】
、背ぼね【せぼね】
Common word
noun
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seoi nage (judo), shoulder throw, back-carry throw(martial arts)
Other readings:
背負い投げ【しょいなげ】
、背負い投げ【ぜおいなげ】
noun
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antinomy, self-contradiction, either-or situation, choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller, stretching oneself
2.
overreaching oneself, overstretching oneself, trying to do something beyond one's ability, pushing to the limit
Other readings:
背のび【せのび】
、背延び【せのび】
noun
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one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)(sumo term, martial arts)
noun
1.
couple, husband and wife, man and wife(archaism)
2.
sibling, brother and sister(archaism)
Other readings:
妹兄【いもせ】