Keyword
lurk
Info
FrequencyTop 900-1000
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig907
Old form潛
Readings
もぐ
(27%)
せん
(26%)
ひそ
(26%)
むぐ
(14%)
くぐ
(5%)
Composed of
water drops
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Used in vocabulary (115 in total)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
Examples (53 in total)
Strong emotions lurked in her voice as she spoke thus.
Perhaps it is still lurking somewhere in the castle.
The enemy may be lurking.
Narrowing my eyes, I stare hard at the spot where the prey is said to be hiding.
I dove in a swimsuit.
Naturally, I can't stay underwater the whole time.
I started preparing to dive again.
After the incident, he lay low for a while.
I felt relieved and burrowed back into bed.
When you dive into the water, there's a unique sound, isn't there?
The enemy was hiding among our own people!
With a single resolve in my heart, I slip into bed.
I'd snuck into a masquerade party.
Surely you weren't the only one who snuck into the school at night.
I pull the futon toward me and burrow under it.
I'll slip into the futon too.
I turn off the light and slip into bed.
I'm told that the soldiers also infiltrated safely.
We received word that they had infiltrated Japan.
Even though it is called infiltration, it is not that difficult.
They were conducting an undercover investigation.
He infiltrated the enemy organization as a spy.
I quietly got into bed and fell asleep.
I burrow completely under the futon, up to my head.
I burrowed into the futon, completely covering even my head.
If we hide out here, no one will find us until things calm down.
The hiding place was a problem, but I never imagined it would be a place like this.
I understand that they sealed it off because the culprit is hiding there and it's dangerous.
The virus is lying dormant in the body.
Its roots grow in the blink of an eye, burrowing deep underground.
There's also a risk that the enemy will sneak in, taking advantage of the confusion.
This disease can stay latent for several years.
Let's lie low until things blow over.
The chickenpox virus lies dormant in the nerves.
The deeper we dove, the colder the water became.
As we dive deeper, the water becomes colder.
The suspect was hiding out in the mountains for three weeks.
You don't have to be an artist to find the beauty in everyday life.
She lowered her voice.
I've never seen a yellow submarine in my life.
Tom put on his pajamas and climbed into bed.
Tom crawled into bed and fell asleep immediately.
Solve the mystery lurking behind the murder!
Human beings are gifted with infinite potential.
Those children are potential customers.
Our words are potentially ambiguous.
Education aims to develop potential abilities.
Tom climbed into bed and turned off the light.
He is the only man I know who can dive but not swim.
The physicist was aware of the potential danger of nuclear fusion.
The octopus is hiding in a coconut shell.
The submarine's periscope was sticking out of the water.
The divers can gather pearls with no danger.