This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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背伸び

背延び、背のび
せのび
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit
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背戸

せど
back door or entrance
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背教者

はいきょうしゃ
apostate; renegade
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背後関係

はいごかんけい
background (of an episode)
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背黒鰺刺

せぐろあじさし
sooty tern
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背黒ジャッカル

せぐろジャッカル
black-backed jackal (carnivore, Canis mesomelas)
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どんぐりの背比べ

団栗の背比べ
exp
どんぐりのせいくらべ
having no outstanding characteristics; to all seem about the same; bragging competition ("pissing contest") concerning matters of little importance; height comparison among acorns
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背日性

はいじつせい
negative heliotropism
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背中を出す

せなかをだす
to bare one's back
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峰打ち

刀背打ち
みねうち
striking with the back of the sword