隠れる

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Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • 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
Imperative (命令形) 隠れろ くれ
Key constructions
Passive 隠れられる くれられ
Causative 隠れさせる くれさせ
Potential 隠れられる くれられ
Volitional 隠れよう くれよ
Negative 隠れない くれない
Negative perfective 隠れなかった くれなかった
Formal 隠れます くれま
Perfective 隠れた れた
Conjunctive 隠れて れて
Hypothetical conditional 隠れれば くれれば

Verb

(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

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 was hidden in the clouds".

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN