背中

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

背(せ)中(なか) • (senaka)

one's back
- 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “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], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), 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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN