天てん井じょう桟さ敷じき

noun

gallery; upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods

Refers to the highest, cheapest seating area in a theatre, farthest from the stage. The English glosses vary by region and register; 'the gods' is chiefly British and somewhat dated.

• 天てん井じょう桟さ敷じきから舞ぶ台たいを見み下おろすと、役やく者しゃがとても小ちいさく見みえる。

  Looking down at the stage from the gallery, the actors look very small.

• 学がく生せいの頃ころはいつも天てん井じょう桟さ敷じきで芝しば居いを観みていた。

  When I was a student, I always watched plays from the cheap seats.