隠れ
Meanings
Prefix
Noun
1. hidden; concealed; unknown; crypto-
Noun
2. passing away; dying; death
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かくれ
Used in vocabulary
隠れ蓑
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; guise; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
Noun
雲隠れ
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
Noun
隠れ里
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
Noun
Examples1
このような 名詞句 を 隠れ 疑問文(concealed question) と いいます。
This type of noun phrase is called a "concealed question".