暗あん中ちゅう飛ひ躍やく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

behind-the-scenes maneuvering; secret maneuvers

Refers to covert political or organizational maneuvering, often with a negative connotation of underhandedness. A yojijukugo used as a noun or with する.

• 彼かれは党とう内ないで暗あん中ちゅう飛ひ躍やくを繰くり返かえしている。

  He is repeatedly engaging in behind-the-scenes maneuvering within the party.

• その人じん事じは、裏うら方かたの暗あん中ちゅう飛ひ躍やくによって決きまったらしい。

  That personnel decision seems to have been made through secret maneuvers by people behind the scenes.