Kanji
Readingうし
Frequency10%
Used in (35 in total)
back; behind; rear
retreating figure; appearance from behind
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
right behind
shady; underhanded; questionable
hair on the back of one's head
hind foot; hind-legs
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
back side; back end; posterior; rear
talking about (behind one's back); backbiting
to be talked about behind one's back
rear right; back right; right and behind
rear left; back left; left and behind
to turn one's back (on the enemy)
postponement; moving back
front and back; before and behind; before and after
to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail; to expose one's weakness to an adversary
form of a retreating person's body
to have one's hands tied behind one; to be arrested
to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite
back part of a kimono
hachimaki tied in the back
backward lean out
rear basket (e.g. on a bicycle)
clothing with the opening at the back
crying over spilt milk; complaining about things that have already happened; speaking ill behind somebody's back; malicious gossip