背中合わせ

せなかあわせ

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

Also written 背中あわせ、背中合せ

Meanings

Noun
back to back
discord; feud
opposite sides of the same coin

Example sentences

沖縄おきなわ県民けんみんは、命いのちに関かかわる危険きけんと背中合せなかあわせの暮くらしを強しいられてきました。

The Okinawans came to be forced to live alongside life-threatening danger.
背中合せなかあわせに立たって腕うでを組くんで、一方いっぽうが前まえ屈くっする事ことでもう一方いっぽうの背筋せすじを伸のばす体操たいそうを、子供こどもの頃ころよくやりましたよね。

That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?