背く (そむく): to run counter to, to go against — Japanese vocabulary
背く is read そむく and means "to run counter to, to go against". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
背く
- Reading
- そむく · somuku
- Translation
- to run counter to, to go against
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- そむくが
Example
彼の行為は法律に背いている。
かれのこういはほうりつにそむいている。
His action is against the law.
Kanji in this word
- 背 — back, height
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