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Japanese
Etymology 1
From English back.
Noun
バック • (bakku)
- back
- a backer, a supporter (someone who supports a person or enterprise)
- Synonym: 後援者 (kōensha)
- reversing, moving backwards
- バックで車をぶつけた。
- Bakku de kuruma o butsuketa.
- I backed into someone's car.
- (kyabakura industry) additional income on top of basic pay, derived from things like one's clients purchasing alcohol
- (sports) a back (a position (player) behind most others on the team)
- フルバック
- furubakku
- a fullback
- (tennis) backhand
- (swimming) the backstroke
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Derived terms
- バックシャン (bakkushan, “a woman who is attractive from behind”)
Verb
バックする • (bakku suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem バックし (bakku shi), past バックした (bakku shita))
- go back
- move backwards
- 車をバックする
- kuruma o bakku suru
- back the car up
- give a refund
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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バックし
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bakku shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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バックし
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bakku shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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バックする
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bakku suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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バックする
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bakku suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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バックすれ
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bakku sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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バックせよ¹ バックしろ²
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bakku seyo¹ bakku shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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バックされる
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bakku sareru
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Causative
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バックさせる バックさす
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bakku saseru bakku sasu
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Potential
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バックできる
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bakku dekiru
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Volitional
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バックしよう
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bakku shiyō
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Negative
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バックしない
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bakku shinai
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Negative continuative
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バックせず
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bakku sezu
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Formal
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バックします
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bakku shimasu
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Perfective
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バックした
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bakku shita
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Conjunctive
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バックして
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bakku shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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バックすれば
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bakku sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Etymology 2
Noun
バック • (bakku)
- Clipping of バックグラウンド (“background”).
- 大自然をバックに
- daishizen o bakku ni
- with nature as the background
2002 December 20, Kazuhiko Shimamoto, “第1話漫画家死闘熱涙編 [Chapter 1: The Hot Tears in the Comics Artist’s Eternal Struggle]”, in 燃えよペン [Burn, Pen!] (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 22:
- このキャラのバックに集中線を入れてくれたまえ。
- Kono kyara no bakku ni shūchū sen o irete kuretamae.
- Now draw concentrated lines over the background of this character.