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    3. 後ずさり

    後ずさり

    後あとず​さ​り​

    stepping back

    KMT10News #43+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab18 strokes

    後退り後じさり

    あとずさりあとじさり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    stepping back, drawing back

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    彼かれは驚おどろいて後あとずさりした。

    He was surprised and stepped back.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    危き険けんを感かんじて、思おもわず後あとずさりしてしまった。

    Feeling danger, I involuntarily drew back.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの提てい案あんがあまりにも急きゅうだったので、皆みなが後あとずさりするような反はんの応うを示しめした。

    His proposal was so sudden that everyone reacted by drawing back.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    満まん員いん電でん車しゃの中なかで、少すこし後あとずさりしてスペースを作つくった。

    Inside the crowded train, I stepped back a little to make space.

    KMT10Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    難むずかしい問もん題だいに直ちょく面めんすると、つい後あとずさりしたくなる。

    When faced with a difficult problem, I tend to want to draw back.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    後
    のち・うし.ろ・うしろ・あと・おく.れる…(6)
    behind・back・later
    Kanji
    ず
    zu
    Kana
    さ
    sa
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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