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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

背そむく

N1
そむく somuku
  1. to run counter to
  2. to go against
  3. to disobey
  4. to infringe
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

违背;反抗

Examples

  • 彼かれは親おやの意いに背そむいて歌か手しゅになった。
    He became a singer against his parents wishes.
    他违背父母意愿,成了歌手。
  • 住じゅう民みんは当とう事じ者しゃに背そむいた。
    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"
  }
}