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)
Kanji used
back of the body
scenery
Pitch accent
いけい
Top 3000
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
historical background
historical context; historical background
stage scenery; set; backdrop
societal mood; social context
background briefing; backgrounder
background image; static image
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.