Word Meaning 裏方

うらかた urakata

裏方 is read as うらかた (urakata) and means lady consort (to a high personage).

Meaning

English

lady consort (to a high personage)
someone working behind-the-scenes
scene shifter

Reading

Kana

うらかた

Romaji

urakata

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms 表方 Rank 13500 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

裏通り

うらどおり

side street (often parallel to a main street)

裏地

うらじ

land that does not adjoin to public or private roads

Example Sentences

いわゆる裏方仕事もたくさんあります。

There's also a great deal of so called behind-the-scenes work.

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.

Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see people, character names, and anime titles. 1 related entries

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裏方本舗 SINK