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背景はいけい (haikei)

background, scenery, setting, circumstance

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

Meaning

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

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

事件じけんの背景はいけいに何なにがあったのだろう。

I wonder what was behind the incident.

青空あおぞらを背景はいけいに木々きぎを描えがく。

Paint the trees against the background of the blue sky.

彼かれが背景はいけいを説明せつめいしてくれる。

He gives a background.

写真しゃしんの背景はいけいにいる男おとこは誰だれですか。

Who is that man in the background of the picture?

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