| upstage | (n) the rear part of the stage |
| upstage | (v) treat snobbishly, put in one's place |
| upstage | (v) move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience |
| upstage | (v) steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else, Example: When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress |
| upstage | (adj) of the back half of a stage, Ant. downstage, Example: she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience |
| upstage | (adv) at or toward the rear of the stage, Ant. downstage, Example: the dancers were directed to move upstage |
| upstager | (n) a selfish actor who upstages the other actors |
| 仕手柱;シテ柱 | [してばしら(仕手柱);シテばしら(シテ柱), shitebashira ( shite hashira ); shite bashira ( shite hashira )] (n) (See 仕手・2) upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play [Add to Longdo] |
| 常座 | [じょうざ, jouza] (n) upstage right (on a noh stage) [Add to Longdo] |
| 人気をさらう;人気を掠う;人気を攫う | [にんきをさらう, ninkiwosarau] (exp, v5u) to capture all the popularity; to steal the show; to upstage [Add to Longdo] |
| 大小前 | [だいしょうまえ, daishoumae] (n) (located in front of the 大鼓 and 小鼓 players) (See 大小・3) upstage center (in a noh play) [Add to Longdo] |
| 笛座 | [ふえざ, fueza] (n) flute-player seating area (noh), behind upstage left [Add to Longdo] |
| 笛柱 | [ふえばしら, fuebashira] (n) upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player [Add to Longdo] |
| 名乗り座;名宣座(iK) | [なのりざ, nanoriza] (n) (obsc) (See 常座) upstage right (on a noh stage) [Add to Longdo] |
