Hanamaruhanamaru

せなか

背中

back

senaka

JLPT
N4
Frequency
#4,219

Meanings

  1. 1
    back (of the body)n

JMdict 1472800

In a sentence

せなか背中backかいて掻いてscratch

Scratch my back

How it works

The target 背中せなか (back) comes first, then the action. 掻くかく (scratch) shifts to its (te-form) form 掻いてかいて (scratch), and the bare te-form serves as a casual request — “scratch my back for me.” There’s no polite ください (please) after it, so it’s the kind of thing you’d say to family or a close friend. The object particle (object) is dropped, as it usually is in relaxed speech.

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