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71 word matches found for '背' using reading 'せ'
Most common form: ミナミセミクジラ
noun
southern right whale (Eubalaena australis)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
ridge (of a mountain)
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noun
1. cold wind descending from the mountains
2. cold Pacific wind (in the Tohoku region in summer)
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noun
horseback
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noun
1. chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle  (often written with kana only)
2. Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
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noun
blue business suit
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noun
cold wind descending from the mountains  (see also: 山背)
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noun
national citizen identification number system
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expression, 'u' godan verb
to have a cross to bear; to carry a heavy burden  (idiomatic expression)
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noun
pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
back door
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expression, noun
height (e.g. in a form)  (see also: 背の高い)
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noun
spine (of book); binding (of book)
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expression
not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice  (see also: 背に腹はかえられない)
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comparing heights; comparison of statures
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expression, 'i' adjective
short (of a person)  (see also: 背の低い; opposite: 背が高い)
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noun
breadth of the back
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noun
back  (obscure term)
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noun
dorsal fin
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noun
order of height
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noun
lettering on the spine of a book
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expression
not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice
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noun
slicing a fish down its back
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expression, 'tsu' godan verb
to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)
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noun
hunchback; humpback; crookback  (see also: 猫背; often written with kana only; sensitive)
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expression, ichidan verb
to teach by example; to teach by showing; to teach with one's back
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noun
unlined in the back
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expression, ichidan verb
to grow taller (of people)
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1. to carry on one's back
2. to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
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