背【せい】
Frequency rank: 1,323. (for form せい: 567.)
- height; staturesee also 背【せ】
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- height; stature
- 体の背
This word is used to describe a person's physical height or stature.
This refers specifically to the physical height of a person.
Generated collocations (experimental)
せがたかい背が高いto be tallせがひくい背が低いto be shortせのじゅん背の順order of heightせ背をのばす伸ばすto grow tallerせがのびる背が伸びるto grow in heightせのたかさ背の高さheight measurementせ背をむけるto turn one's backせなかをおす背中を押すto give a push (encouragement)せもたれ背もたれbackrestせすじをのばす背筋を伸ばすto straighten one's back
Example sentences
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I'm short, so I can't see on top of the shelves and so I pretty much dust by touch.
3. きごう「せがのびて背が伸びてはいらない入らないわよねきごう」きごう「そう、だんじて断じてふとった太ったわけではないきごう!きごう」きごう「せいちょう成長したというべんり便利なことば言葉はわれわれ我々のきりふだ切り札きごう」
"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."
That's no good! You're tall so you've got to be in the forward defence.
I'm looking for a coat. I'm short so the length should be on the short side, and as refined a design as possible.
My father is proud of me being tall and handsome.
She wears high heels to make herself look taller.
She was a tall, thin girl with long, soft brown hair.