舞台裏

Japanese
Kanji in this term
舞 台 裏
ぶ
Grade: S		 たい
Grade: 2		 うら
Grade: 6
kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
舞臺裏 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 舞(ぶ)台(たい) (butai, “stage”) + 裏(うら) (ura, “back”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぶたいうら [bùtáíúrá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bɯ̟ᵝta̠iɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

舞(ぶ)台(たい)裏(うら) • (butaiura) 

  1. (theater) the backstage (behind the stage)
  2. (by extension) behind the scenes (in secret; out of public view)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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