| 違背 | いはい | (n) violation/transgression/ |
| 顔を背ける | かおをそむける
| (exp) to turn one's face away/ |
| 棄背 | きはい
| giving up and turning back/ |
| 光背 | こうはい
| (n) halo/ |
| 向背 | こうはい
| (n) one's attitude/state of affairs/ |
| 紺の背広 | こんのせびろ
| blue business suit/ |
| 山の背 | やまのせ
| ridge (of a mountain)/ |
| 山背 | やませ
| (n) cold wind descending from the mountains/(in
the Tohoku region in summer) a cold Pacific wind/ |
| 紙背 | しはい
| (n) reverse side of a paper/(read) between the
lines/ |
| 上背 | うわぜい | (n) stature/height/ |
| 人たる道に背く | ひとたるみちにそむく | (exp) to stray from the path of
righteousness/ |
| 側背 | そくはい | flank/ |
| 団栗の背比べ | どんぐりのせいくらべ
| (exp) having no outstanding characteristics/to
all seem about the same/ |
| 中肉中背 | ちゅうにくちゅうぜい | medium build/ |
| 中背 | ちゅうぜい | (n) average height/ |
| 刀背 | とうはい
| back of a sword/ |
| 刀背 | みね
| back of a sword/ |
| 刀背打ち | みねうち | (n) striking with the back of the sword/ |
| 二律背反 | にりつはいはん
| (n) antinomy/self-contradiction/ |
| 猫背 | ねこぜ
| (n) a bent back/stoop/(P)/ |
| 腹背 | ふくはい
| (n) back and front/opposition in the
heart/ |
| 面向不背 | めんこうふはい | (n) flawless/ |
| 面従腹背 | めんじゅうふくはい | (n) pretending to obey but secretly betraying
(someone)/ |
| 約束に背く | やくそくにそむく
| (exp) to break one's promise/ |
| 裏背戸 | うらせど | (n) back door/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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