はいけい
Meanings
Noun
1. background; scenery; backdrop; setting
2. background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; context
3. backing; support (from behind the scenes)
Pitch accent
いけい
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
historical background
historical context; historical background
Examples (8 in total)
We take photos with the trees in the background.
Who is that man in the background of the picture?
The trees looked black against the sky.