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背中合せなかあわせ

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Meaning

1

English · JMdict

back-to-back; facing in opposite directions
2

English · JMdict

two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable)
3

English · JMdict

on bad terms; at odds

Kanji

背ハイ stature, height, back 中チュウ in, inside, middle 合ゴウ fit, suit, join

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背中合せなかあわせに立たって腕を組んでうでをくむ、一方いっぽうが前屈ぜんくつ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?

Tatoeba

沖縄県民おきなわけんみんは、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.

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