かげで – Vocabulary details

かげで

Meanings

Expression

1. behind one's back

あれこれ陰かげで文もん句くを言いうが、結けっ局きょく慣なれて、流ながされてしまう。They grumble about this and that behind the scenes, but in the end they get used to it and just go with the flow.

Alt. forms

陰かげで

93%

かげで

Pitch accent
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げで

Used in: 145

Composed of

かげ

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

おかげで

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

かげでうごく

to act behind the scenes

かげでいとをひく

to pull wires; to pull strings

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Examples (5 in total)

彼かれらはかげで彼かれのことを笑わらう。

They laugh at him behind his back.

かげで他ほかの人ひとの悪わる口くちを言いってはならない。

We must not speak ill of others behind their backs.

誰だれかがかげで支ささえてやらないと駄だ目めなんだよ。

Someone has to support them behind the scenes, or it won't work.

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