[ち, chi] (n) (1) (abbr) ground; land; earth; soil; (2) the region in question; the local area; (3) skin; (4) texture; fabric; material; weave; (5) base; background; (6) one's true nature; (7) narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story); (8) real life; actuality; (9) (in the game of go) captured territory; (10) (See 地謡) noh chorus; (11) (in Japanese dance) accompaniment music; (12) (in Japanese music) basic phrase (usu. repetitive); (13) base part (of multiple shamisens) #208
[で, de] (n, n-suf) (1) coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon); (2) attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on; (3) start; beginning; (4) origins; background; person (or item) originating from ...; graduate of ...; native of ...; member of ... (lineage); (5) architectural member that projects outward; (6) highest point of the stern of a ship; (7) (uk) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb as 〜出がある or 〜出がない, etc.) amount (comprising something); amount of time or effort required to do something; (P) #632
[りれき, rireki] (n) personal history; background; career; log; record; (P) #925
[はいけい, haikei] (n) (1) background; scenery; backdrop; setting; circumstance; context; (2) backing; support (from behind the scenes); (P) #1925
[いっかん, ikkan] (n, vs) (1) consistency; coherence; integration; (2) one kan (approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); (3) one piece of sushi; (P) #3011
[がくれき, gakureki] (n) academic background; (P) #6234
[かげ, kage] (n) (1) shade; shadow; (2) other side; back; background; (P) #6465
[ぬき, nuki] (n) (1) kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); (2) kan (obs. unit of currency); (ctr) (3) pieces of sushi; (P) #6588
[はいご, haigo] (n, adj-no) (1) back; rear; (2) background; behind the scenes; (P) #9010
[トン, ton] (n) (uk) ton (now usu. a metric ton, i.e. 1, 000kg) (eng #10888