Kanji
Readingはい
Frequency21%
Used in (81 in total)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
rear; back; reverse
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
betrayal; infidelity
background (of a case, incident, etc.)
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
absurdity; irrationality
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
breach of faith; breach of trust; act of disloyalty
to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
revolting; rebellion; going against; contradiction; antinomy
historical background
breach of trust; malfeasance; malpractice; misappropriation
backboard; dorsal plate; tergum
backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)
violation; transgression
rear entry position (sexual position); doggy style
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
back and front; opposition in the heart
one's attitude; state of affairs
latissimus dorsi muscle
apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection
historical context; historical background
Fosbury-back flop; backward jump
muscles of the back; back muscles
strength of one's back
inconsistency; contradiction; disobedience
reductio ad absurdum
a broken promise; breaking one's word
reverse side of a paper; reading between the lines
stage scenery; set; backdrop
aggravated breach of trust
running backwards; running with the head turned back
societal mood; social context
backstroke (swimming)
top of the foot; instep
background briefing; backgrounder
background image; static image
back of a sword
backache; back pain
act of disobedience (betrayal); violation; breach; infraction; infringement
estrangement; alienation
to (be able to) read between the lines
to (be able to) read between the lines
estrangement; alienation
dorsiflexion; dorsal flexion
negative heliotropism
back pressure
negative heliotropism
knuckle-walking (e.g. by chimpanzees, etc.)
disobeying; infringing; running counter to
reading between the lines
giving up and turning back
copying from a model without looking at it (calligraphy)
back of a chair
roche moutonnée; sheepback