背丈 – Vocabulary details

背せい丈たけ

Meanings

Noun

1. stature; height

これで彼かれは僕ぼくと一いっ緒しょぐらいの背せ丈たけだ。This makes him about the same height as me.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

背

back of the body

丈

3 meters

Pitch accent
⚠

せ

いたけ

Used in: 1638

Composed of

背せい

height; stature

丈たけ

height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

Examples (8 in total)

彼かれは平へい均きん的てきな背せ丈たけだ。

He is of average height.

背せ丈たけも違ちがえば、声こえも変かわっている。

Not only is the height different, but the voice has changed as well.

私わたしも今いまや父ちちとほとんど同おなじ背せ丈たけだ。

I'm now about as tall as my father.

これで彼かれは僕ぼくと一いっ緒しょぐらいの背せ丈たけだ。

This makes him about the same height as me.

あなたの一いち番ばん下したの弟おとうとは背せ丈たけがどのくらいですか。

How tall is your youngest brother?

トムは今いまや父ちち親おやとほぼ同おなじ背せ丈たけだ。

Tom is now about the same height as his father.

そうして正しょう面めんから見みつめ合あうと、背せ丈たけの差さを意い識しきする。

And when we look at each other from the front, I become aware of the difference in our heights.

背せ丈たけで言いうと、みんなして二にメートルは軽かるく越こえている。

In terms of height, they all easily exceed two meters.