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かくれる

Ichidan verbverb (generic)intransitive verbhonorific language

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Meanings

  • to hide, to conceal oneself, to take cover
  • to disappear (behind), to be hidden (by), to be covered, to go out of sight
  • to live in seclusion, to retire (from the world)
  • to be unknown (e.g. of a talent), to be undiscovered, to be hidden (e.g. of a meaning)
  • to pass away (of a person of high position)

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Example sentences

子供こどもたちはうしろにかくれた

The children hid behind the tree.

彼女かのじょ才能さいのうかくれていたが、ついに発揮はっきした。

She had been keeping her talent hidden, but finally showed it.

くもかくれてやま頂上ちょうじょうえなくなった。

The summit of the mountain disappeared behind the clouds.

こわくて、れのなかかくれていた。

I was scared, so I was hiding inside the closet.

かれ世間せけんからかくれて田舎いなかしずかにらしている。

He lives quietly in the countryside, away from the public eye.