Word Meaning 陰で糸を引く

かげでいとをひく kage de ito o hiku

陰で糸を引く is read as かげでいとをひく (kage de ito o hiku) and means to pull wires.

Meaning

English

  1. to pull wires
  2. to pull strings

Reading

Kana

かげでいとをひく

Romaji

kage de ito o hiku

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb Rank 127821 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

糸を引く

いとをひく

to pull (the puppet) strings

糸引笛鯛

いとひきふえだい

chinamanfish (Symphorus nematophorus)

糸引き

いとひき

appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to (folk belief)

糸引鰯

いとひきいわし

attenuated spider fish (Bathypterois atricolor)

糸引鯊

いとひきはぜ

Myersina filifer (species of goby)

糸引鰺

いとひきあじ

African pompano (Alectis ciliaris)

陰で動く

かげでうごく

to act behind the scenes

陰陽

いんよう

cosmic dual forces

陰気

いんき

spirit of yin

陰性

いんせい

negative (result)

陰口

かげぐち

malicious gossip

かげ

gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.)