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stage scenery; set; backdrop

reverse side of a paper

Abbreviation

reading between the lines

societal mood; social context

hinterland

top of the foot; instep

back of a sword

to break one's promise

Idiomatic expression; Kuru verb - special class

along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back

cold wind descending from the mountains

cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)

Idiomatic expression

to (be able to) read between the lines

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

striking with the back of the sword

Idiomatic expression; Suru verb - special class

to (be able to) read between the lines

flawless

national citizen identification number system

Word usually written using kana alone

chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle

Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)

round back (book spine)

pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)

giving up and turning back

back door

back of a chair

Rare term

any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits)

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)

Geology

roche moutonnée; sheepback