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A10 な-adjective, の-adjective, Noun

後(うし)ろ向(む)きback-facing, backwards, backward-looking, retrogressive, reactionary, retrospective, negative

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    1. な-adjective, の-adjective, Noun

      1. 1.

        back-facing, backwards

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      2. 2.

        backward-looking, retrogressive, reactionary, retrospective, negative

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    後ろ向き 【うしろむき】、後向き 【うしろむき】

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      • し

      • ろ

      • む

      • き

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    • 後(うし)ろ向(む)きに歩(ある)いた。

      Walked backwards.

    • プールで後(うし)ろ向(む)きに泳(およ)いだ。

      I swam backward in the pool.

    • 彼(かれ)は後(うし)ろ向(む)きな意見(いけん)ばかり言(い)う。

      He only expresses negative opinions.

    • たけし：「後(うし)ろ向(む)きで階段(かいだん)登(のぼ)ってみようよ。」さりな：「何(なに)それ。やったことあるの？」

      Takeshi: "Let's try going up the stairs backwards." Sarina: "What's that? Have you done it before?"

    • Ａ：「この前(まえ)ね、猫(ねこ)が車(くるま)の音(おと)に驚(おどろ)いて、後(うし)ろ向(む)きに飛(と)び跳(は)ねたの。」Ｂ：「相当(そうとう)びっくりしたんだな！」

      A: "The other day, a cat got startled by the sound of a car and jumped backward." B: "It must have been really surprised!"

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