back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
spine; backbone; spinal column
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
spine (of book); binding (of book)
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to grow taller (of people)
stature; height; size; physique
to feel a chill run down one's spine
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
number on back of player's shirt; uniform number; shirt number
seoi nage (judo); shoulder throw; back-carry throw
to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden
backboard; dorsal plate; tergum
back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork
comparing heights; comparison of statures
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)
slicing a fish down its back
civil servants; bureaucrat
lettering on the spine of a book
vein of a shrimp (prawn); digestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein
back of a leatherbound book
thinly slicing soft-boned fish for sashimi
slicing a fish down its back; slit in the back of a garment; split in a piece of lumber (to prevent splitting when drying)
cold wind descending from the mountains; cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)
to teach by example; to teach by showing; (lit.) to teach with one's back
to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed
national citizen identification number system
couple; husband and wife; man and wife; sibling; brother and sister
chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle; Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
even an unruly horse can be tamed
cold wind descending from the mountains
black-backed jackal (carnivore, Canis mesomelas)
flat back (book spine); square back
any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits); lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
hunchback; humpback; crookback
yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platura); yellowbelly sea snake; pelagic sea snake
budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus); common pet parakeet; shell parakeet; budgie
redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)
North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
Japanese wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori)
herring gull (Larus argentatus)
southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)
striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius)
Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)
Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)