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back (of the body)

couple; husband and wife; man and wife; sibling; brother and sister

cold wind descending from the mountains; cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)

round back (book spine)

back (of the body)

stature; height

spine; backbone; spinal column

one's husband

ridge (of a mountain)

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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

back (of a chair); backrest

stature; build; height; size; physique

horse's back; (mountain) ridge; arête; road along a ridge

dorsal fin

you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem

seoi nage (judo); shoulder throw; back-carry throw

number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number; squad number

backstroke (swimming)

one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)

back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork

backboard

back seam

comparing heights; comparison of statures

order of height

vein of a shrimp (prawn); digestive tract of a shrimp; sand vein

slicing a fish down its back; slit in the back of a garment; split in a piece of lumber (to prevent splitting when drying)

lettering on the spine of a book

thinly slicing soft-boned fish for sashimi

breadth of the back

buying (valuable) secondhand books cheaply and reselling them at a higher price

unlined in the back

chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle; Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)

height (e.g. in a form)

flat back (book spine); square back

signature; print signature

collating mark

my love; my dear; darling; my friend; comrade