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背せ
Meanings
Noun
1. back
Instead of answering, I lightly place my hand on her back.
2. reverse; rear side; back (e.g. of a chair); spine (of a book)
The title is written on the spine of the book.
3. height; stature
If the person were shorter, it might be okay.
4. ridge (of a mountain)
Alt. forms
背せ
99%
脊せ
Kanji used
背
back of the body
Pitch accent
せ
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Used in: 4020
Used in vocabulary (67 in total)
back (of the body)
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
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Examples (26 in total)
My height has also grown a little.
She's short and fat.
Is Tom tall?
I turned my back and started walking.
My mother was carrying the baby on her back.
He is leaning on the back of the chair.
The cat arched its back.
He and I are almost the same height.
He stood with his back to the wall.
He was very tall for a thirteen-year-old.
The title is written on the spine of the book.
The three stood with their backs pressed tightly together.
Naturally, the three children straighten their backs.
He laid down his pen and leaned back in his chair.
The one leaning against the wall in the darkness was a woman.
He leaned against the back of the chair and looked up at the ceiling.
John is tall, handsome and rich.
And then he leaned back against the back of the chair.
The old man came down the mountain with firewood on his back.
He is the taller of the two.
If the person were shorter, it might be okay.
Instead of answering, I lightly place my hand on her back.
I patiently endured the cold sweat running down my back.
Apparently he wasn't very tall, even for a middle school student.
He is a man with a short but solidly built physique.
There were three buttons on the lower back of the robot.