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背後 (はいご): back, rear — Japanese vocabulary

背後 is read はいご and means "back, rear". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

背後

Reading
はいご · haigo
Translation
back, rear
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
はいごが

Example

「びっくりさせないでよ」と彼女は彼が背後に近づいた時言った。

「びっくりさせないでよ」とかのじょはかれがはいごにちかづいたときいった。

"Don't scare me!" she said when he came up behind her.

Kanji in this word

  • 背 — back, height
  • 後 — behind, after

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