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Meaning of 裏方 in Japanese
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裏方
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Kana Readingうらかた
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Romajiurakata
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- lady consort (to a high personage)
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Examples of 裏方, うらかた in a sentence
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There's also a great deal of so called behind-the-scenes work.
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大学出たての新人は資料を作ったり、コピーをとったりと裏方仕事に徹するのだろうと、勝手に想像していたのですが見事に裏切られました。
I had imagined that the newbies fresh from university would probably be stuck with all the backstage work - collecting reference material, getting copies and such but I couldn't have been proved more wrong.
Related Kanji
裏
JLPT 2
13 strokes
back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
On'Yomi: リ
Kun'Yomi: うら