背水の陣 はいすいのじん fighting with one's back to the wall Meanings expression, noun, idiom fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort Its kanji 背 ハイ · せ、せい、そむ.く、そむ.ける stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel 水 スイ · みず、みず- water 陣 ジン camp, battle array, ranks, position, sudden, brief time In sentences Furigana 彼かれは背水はいすいの陣じんで闘たたかった。 He fought a last-ditch battle. #121544