背景はいけい (haikei)

background, scenery, setting, circumstance

  • JLPT N1
  • noun
  • Pitch 0
  • #1582 most frequent
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Meaning

背景 (はいけい, haikei) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “background, scenery, setting, circumstance”.

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Example sentences 12

事件じけん背景はいけいなにがあったのだろう。

I wonder what was behind the incident.

問題は個々の差別表現自体ではなく、そういう表現が出てくる背景なのだ。

The problem is not the individual discriminatory expressions themselves, but the context from which they arise.

かれ背景はいけい説明せつめいしてくれる。

He gives a background.

青空あおぞら背景はいけい木々きぎえがく。

Paint the trees against the background of the blue sky.