裏方
うらかた
urakata
JMdict entry #1550650
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter
see: 表方
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) lady consort (to a high personage)
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
いわゆる裏方仕事もたくさんあります。
iwayuru urakata shigoto mo takusan ari masu 。
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。
daigaku detate no shinjin ha shiryou wo tsukuxtsu tari 、 kopii wo toxtsu tari to urakata shigoto ni tessuru no darou to 、 katte ni souzou shi te i ta no desu ga migoto ni uragira re mashi ta 。
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.