水面下

Meanings

1. Noun, No-adjective

   underwater
2. behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

• 彼女かのじょは水面下すいめんかにもぐった。

  She sank under the surface of the water.

• 私わたしの知しらない水面下すいめんかで何なにかが行おこなわれているのだろうか？

  Perhaps something could be going on behind our backs that I don't know about?

• 企業きぎょうの合併がっぺい・買収ばいしゅうの話はなしは、水面下すいめんかで行おこなわれることが多おおいようだ。

  It seems that the discussion of business mergers and acquisitions is something that frequently happens behind closed doors.