The Japanese word for back is
背中
せなか - senaka背-the back (opposite side of the body to the front) (se), 中-middle (naka)
Japanese Definition
| back | |
| 1. 名詞. 背中。 | |
| 2. 名詞. 背骨。 | |
| 3. 名詞. 裏手。 | |
| 4. 名詞. 背面。 | |
| 5. 名詞. 大きい桶。 | |
| 6. 名詞. アーチの外輪。 | |
| 7. 名詞. テニスの後衛。 | |
| 8. 副詞. うしろへ、後方へ。 | |
| 9. 動詞. 後退させる。 | |
| 10. 動詞. 裏書きする。 | |
| 11. 形容詞. 後方の。 | |
| 12. 形容詞. 昔の。 | |
| 13. 形容詞. 逆方向の。 | |
| 14. 形容詞. 未払いの。 |
Translations for back and their definitions
| 背 | |
| 1. n. height |
| 最後 | |
| 1. n. last, end, conclusion | |
| 最初から最後まで - from beginning to end | |
| 2. n. last, final | |
| 平成最後の日 - last day of Heisei | |
| 3. n. Usage: Not to be confused with ". |
| 戻り | |
| 1. n. return |
| 背中 | |
| 1. n. one's back |
| 裏面 | |
| 1. n. reverse side, back side, other side |
| 背面 | |
| 1. n. back (of something), reverse (side) |
| 元通り | |
| 1. adj. previous, former | |
| 2. n. former state, as it was before | |
| 3. n. Usage: Often used as an adverb. |
| 裏側 | |
| 1. n. the other side; reverse side; back side |
| 後ろ | |
| 1. n. the back, the behind, the rear (q, both spatially and temporally) | |
| 2. n. one's backside |
| 戻る | |
| 1. v. (ja-vp, 戻す, 戻る) | |
| 2. v. to return | |
| 戻ってハンドバッグを取ってくる - I'll return to get my handbag. | |
| 3. v. to go back | |
| 日本に戻る - to go back to Japan | |
| 4. v. to come back | |
| 理性が戻っていた - His reason came back. |
| 帰る | |
| 1. v. (ja-vp, 帰す, 帰る, かえす, かえる) | |
| 2. v. to go home, return | |
| 3. v. to leave, walk away | |
| 4. v. (baseball) to get to home plate |
| 後方 | |
| 1. n. in the rear, behind |
| 裏 | |
| 1. n. back; behind; other side | |
| 校舎裏 - the back of the school; behind the school building | |
| 2. n. inside | |
| 3. n. reverse side of a coin ("tails") | |
| 4. n. (baseball) bottom (of an inning) |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
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