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隠 kanji
conceal, hide, cover
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Secondary school
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On readings
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Kun readings
かくすかくしかくれるよる
Variant forms
乚隱Words with 隠
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1隠居Popularretirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
- —隠語Popularsecret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
- —隠匿Popularconcealment (esp. of wrongdoings or criminals); sheltering; harboring
- —隠滅Populardestruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
- —隠元common bean; green bean
- —隠士hermit; recluse
- —隠者hermit; recluse
- —隠線hidden line
- —隠然latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
- —隠退seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)
- —隠遁retirement (from the world); seclusion
- —隠忍patience; endurance; undercover ninja; embedded ninja
- —隠微obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
- —隠蔽concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
- —隠面hidden surface
- —隠喩metaphor
- —隠見appearance and disappearance
- —隠棲secluded life
- —隠逸seclusion
- —隠事secret