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    3. 裏方

    裏方

    裏うら方かた

    someone working behind-the-scenes

    KMT7News #17+1NounMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab17 strokes

    うらかた

    Noun

    1.
    someone working behind-the-scenes, scene shifter
    2.
    lady consort (to a high personage)

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    舞ぶ台たいの裏うら方かたとして働はたらいています。

    I work as a backstage crew member for the stage.

    KMT6Music & EntertainmentWork & Career
    イベントの成せい功こうは、裏うら方かたの努ど力りょくなしには語かたれない。

    The success of an event cannot be spoken of without the efforts of the backstage staff.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentWork & Career
    コンサートでは、音おん響きょうや照しょう明めいの裏うら方かたが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっている。

    At concerts, the backstage staff for sound and lighting play important roles.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentWork & Career
    どんな組そ織しきでも、裏うら方かたとして支ささえる人ひと々びとの存そん在ざいが不ふ可か欠けつだ。

    In any organization, the presence of people who support from behind the scenes is indispensable.

    KMT7Work & CareerCore Concepts
    彼かれは常つねに裏うら方かたに徹てっし、表おもて舞ぶ台たいに出でることはなかったが、その貢こう献けんは計はかり知しれない。

    He always devoted himself to working behind the scenes and never appeared on stage, but his contributions are immeasurable.

    KMT8Music & EntertainmentWork & CareerCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    裏
    うら…(1)
    back・amidst・in・reverse・inside…(5)
    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
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