隠れる

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
かく
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
隱れる (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "隠れる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
隠れる くれ [kàkúréꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 隠れろ くれ [kàkúréꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 隠れられる くれられ [kàkúréráréꜜrù]
Causative 隠れさせる くれさせ [kàkúrésáséꜜrù]
Potential 隠れられる くれられ [kàkúréráréꜜrù]
Volitional 隠れよう くれよ [kàkúréyóꜜò]
Negative 隠れない くれない [kàkúréꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 隠れなかった くれなかった [kàkúréꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 隠れます くれま [kàkúrémáꜜsù]
Perfective 隠れた れた [kàkúꜜrètà]
Conjunctive 隠れて れて [kàkúꜜrètè]
Hypothetical conditional 隠れれば くれれば [kàkúréꜜrèbà]

Verb[edit]

(かく)れる (kakureruintransitive ichidan (stem (かく) (kakure), past (かく)れた (kakureta))

Japanese verb pair
active 隠す
mediopassive 隠れる
  1. hide; conceal oneself
  2. become invisible; become latent
  3. (euphemistic, honorific) to die

Usage notes[edit]

In Japan, the euphemism referred to the demise of an emperor. It was based on the belief that the emperor of Japan was a descendant of the solar goddess Amaterasu, so this usage meant "the sun [the emperor] was hidden in the clouds".

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN