背中

背中

Japanese

Kanji in this term
背	中
せ Grade: 6	なか Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) せなか [sènáká] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [se̞na̠ka̠]

Noun

背(せ)中(なか) • (senaka) 

1. one's back
   • 1993 November 25 [May 20 1989], Adachi, Mitsuru, “第(だい)25(にじゅうご)話(わ)　双(ふた)子(ご)のばあさん　——ＰＡＲＴ(パート)２(に)—— [Chapter 25: The Twin Grannies (Part 2)]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) [SLOW STEP], volume 4 (fiction), 11th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 30:

     先(せん)生(せい)　お背(せ)中(なか)流(なが)しましょうか？

     Sensei o-senaka nagashimashō ka?

     Sensei, would you let me wash your back?

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN