背

Meaning

1. n
   back
2. n
   reverse; rear side; back (e.g. of a chair); spine (of a book)
3. n
   height; stature
4. n
   ridge (of a mountain)
5. n
   back (of the body)
6. n
   height; stature

Example sentences

• 恵子は私ほど背が高くない。

  Keiko isn't as tall as I.

• 「背が伸びて入らないわよね」「そう、断じて太ったわけではない！」「成長したという便利な言葉は我々の切り札」

  "We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."

• 父は背が高くてハンサムなのを自慢している。

  My father is proud of being tall and handsome.