背く
N1そむく somuku
- to run counter to
- to go against
- to disobey
- to infringe
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
违背;反抗
Examples
- 彼は親の意に背いて歌手になった。He became a singer against his parents wishes.他违背父母意愿,成了歌手。
- 住民は当事者に背いた。The inhabitants rebelled against the ruler.居民反抗了当事人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('685742984b'); // 背く
{
"id": "685742984b",
"word": "背く",
"reading": "そむく",
"romaji": "somuku",
"meanings": [
"to run counter to",
"to go against",
"to disobey",
"to infringe"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5k",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1472680,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は親の意に背いて歌手になった。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{親|おや}の{意|い}に{背|そむ}いて{歌手|かしゅ}になった。",
"en": "He became a singer against his parents wishes.",
"tatoeba_id": 103684
},
{
"ja": "住民は当事者に背いた。",
"furigana": "{住民|じゅうみん}は{当事者|とうじしゃ}に{背|そむ}いた。",
"en": "The inhabitants rebelled against the ruler.",
"tatoeba_id": 148076
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "a9877de8e5e70b2ff20ed6973d9050e56622aa40027258272b061fb775e25aa1",
"meanings": [
"违背",
"反抗"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は親の意に背いて歌手になった。",
"zh": "他违背父母意愿,成了歌手。"
},
{
"ja": "住民は当事者に背いた。",
"zh": "居民反抗了当事人。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/685742984b",
"JMdict ent_seq 1472680; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "a942ae4f09d92e520102f092acae957c14c4ab8eb99bc1cd85f9cd709b3e5e50"
}
}