楽屋

がくや

dressing room; green room; backstage

Also:behind the scenes

What does 楽屋 mean?

楽屋 is a Japanese noun meaning dressing room; green room; backstage in English. It can also be translated as behind the scenes depending on context. It is written as 楽屋 in kanji, がくや in hiragana, and gakuya in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

それから二階の楽屋に歩いていきました。

Then I walked upstairs to the dressing rooms.