くろまく
Kuromaku
黒幕 (Kuromaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “black curtain, wirepuller, mastermind, backroom manipulator”.
Meanings
- nounblack curtain
- nounwirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator; éminence grise; power broker
Examples
黒幕的な存在は誰だ。
Who's pulling the strings behind the scenes?
私は誰が黒幕か知っている。
I know who is pulling the strings.
彼らがその陰謀の黒幕であった。
They were at the bottom of the scheme.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).