noun / ~する noun:

• two steps forward, one step back - four character idiom

noun:

• 4 bales on the edge of the ring set slightly back - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• back street; back alley; off-street

noun:

• back stitch; backstitch ➜ 返し縫い

noun:

• back of a leatherbound book

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to do something behind someone's back; to do something stealthily

noun / ~する noun:

• holding back (from selling); standing out

noun:

• inside the back cover (book); rear end-paper ➜ 見返し【みかえし】

noun:

• flexible back

noun:

• back-end processor - IT term

noun:

• hachimaki tied in the back

godan ~す verb:

• to ride (a horse) back; to drive (a car) back

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to rush back; to run back

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep (a student) back (to repeat a grade)

noun:

• quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown - archaism ➜ 帰りなんいざ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

noun:

• floating on one's back

godan ~る verb:

• to bend down with a round back

noun:

• back of a chair

noun:

• back-end processing - IT term

noun:

• hairstyle introduced in the Meiji era consisting in a bun or chignon tied at the back of the head

noun:

• back light; backlight; backlite; backup light

noun:

• house in back for rent

noun:

• sitting posture with the legs bent back on each side; Japanese traditional informal female sitting posture; w-sitting; reverse tailor style sitting

noun:

• message that a messenger brings back home - archaism
• reply; ode in reply - archaism
• return gift - archaism ➜ お返し