韜晦

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Chinese

bow case; to cover dark; night; unlucky
trad. (韜晦) 韜 晦
simp. (韬晦) 韬 晦

Pronunciation

Verb

韜晦

  1. (literary) to hide one's talent

Japanese

Kanji in this term
韜 晦
とう
Hyōgai 		かい
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 光(ひかり)を韜(つつ)み、迹(あと)を晦(くら)ます (hikari o tsutsumi, ato o kuramasu).

Noun

韜(とう)晦(かい) • (tōkai) 

  1. hiding one's talents

Verb

韜(とう)晦(かい)する • (tōkai suru) intransitive suru (stem 韜(とう)晦(かい)し (tōkai shi), past 韜(とう)晦(かい)した (tōkai shita))

  1. hide one's talents

Conjugation

Conjugation of "韜晦する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 韜晦し とうかいし tōkai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 韜晦し とうかいし tōkai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 韜晦する とうかいする tōkai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 韜晦する とうかいする tōkai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 韜晦すれ とうかいすれ tōkai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 韜晦せよ¹
韜晦しろ² 		とうかいせよ¹
とうかいしろ² 		tōkai seyo¹
tōkai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 韜晦される とうかいされる tōkai sareru
Causative 韜晦させる
韜晦さす 		とうかいさせる
とうかいさす 		tōkai saseru
tōkai sasu
Potential 韜晦できる とうかいできる tōkai dekiru
Volitional 韜晦しよう とうかいしよう tōkai shiyō
Negative 韜晦しない とうかいしない tōkai shinai
Negative continuative 韜晦せず とうかいせず tōkai sezu
Formal 韜晦します とうかいします tōkai shimasu
Perfective 韜晦した とうかいした tōkai shita
Conjunctive 韜晦して とうかいして tōkai shite
Hypothetical conditional 韜晦すれば とうかいすれば tōkai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

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