彼らは裏面工作をしている。

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彼ら は 裏面 工作 を している 。

English Translation

They are maneuvering behind the scene.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは裏面(りめん)工作(こうさく)をしている。

Romanji

Karera wa rimen kōsaku o shiteiru.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

裏面 (りめん)

back; reverse; other side; inside; tails (of coins); background

工作 (こうさく)

handicraft; work; construction; manufacturing; maneuvering; manoeuvering

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

裏

Readings: リ、 うら

Meanings: back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side

面

Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら

Meanings: mask, face, features, surface

工

Readings: コウ、 ク、 グ

Meanings: craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

作

Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り

Meanings: make, production, prepare, build