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舌背音ぜっぱいおんNoun

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Linguistics

dorsal; dorsal consonant

指背歩行しはいほこうNoun

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knuckle-walking (e.g. by chimpanzees, etc.)

山背風やませかぜNoun

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cold wind descending from the mountains

光背効果こうはいこうかNoun

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halo effect

角背かくせかくぜNoun

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flat back (book spine); square back

後背湿地こうはいしっちNoun

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Geology

back swamp; back slough; back marsh

円背えんぱいNoun

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Medicine

hunchback; kyphosis

宇宙背景放射うちゅうはいけいほうしゃNoun

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cosmic background radiation

前胸背板ぜんきょうはいばんNoun

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pronotum

そりはしせいたかしぎ反嘴背高鷸ソリハシセイタカシギNounUsually kana

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pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

きあしせぐろかもめ黄足背黒鴎キアシセグロカモメNounUsually kana

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Caspian gull (Larus cachinnans)

馬の背を分けるうまのせをわけるExpressionIchidan verb

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Idiomatic expression

to rain on one side only (and leave the other side dry)

眼光紙背がんこうしはいNoun四字熟語

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reading between the lines

Examples

ボスの経費チェックは厳しいね。まさに、眼光紙背に徹す、だよ。

When the boss checks our expenses it can be pretty dicey. He knows how to read between the lines.

たいせいようせみくじら大西洋背美鯨タイセイヨウセミクジラNounUsually kana

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North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

子供は親の背中を見て育つこどもはおやのせなかをみてそだつExpression

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Proverb

children grow up watching their parents

マイクロ波背景放射マイクロははいけいほうしゃNoun

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microwave background (radiation)

せとがや瀬戸茅背戸茅セトガヤNounUsually kana

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Japanese foxtail (Alopecurus japonicus)

宇宙マイクロ波背景放射うちゅうマイクロははいけいほうしゃNoun

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cosmic microwave background radiation

愛にそむく愛に背くあいにそむくNoun

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to betray one's love

妹背妹兄いもせNounArchaic

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couple; husband and wife; man and wife

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sibling; brother and sister

馬背ばはいNoun

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Rare term

horse's back

膂宍背宍そししそじしNounArchaic

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meat, flesh, or muscles along the spine

人たる道に背くひとたるみちにそむくExpressionGodan verb

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Rare term

to stray from the path of righteousness

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