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
replace
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
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to hide oneself
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
latent; potential
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
diving; submerging; going underwater
potentiality; dormancy; latency
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito
to go underground; to go into hiding
subconsciousness; the subconscious
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
to disappear; to vanish
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
submersible; (small) submarine
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
submarine voyage; underwater navigation
skin diving; free diving
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
side door; side gate
sinking into deep thought; sinking to the depths; contemplation
midget submarine; submarine
antisubmarine
nuclear submarine
intruder; infiltrator
(professional) licensed diver
side door; side gate; wicket gate
underground Christian; secret Christian (during the Edo period)
incubation period
latent energy; potential
potential growth rate (of an economy)
(arch.) to be underwater from the neck down; (arch.) to collect shells, seaweed, etc. by diving under the water; to force something under the surface of the water
decompression sickness; caisson disease; the bends
special purpose submarine (esp. Japanese midget submarines used in WWII)
submarine aircraft carrier
occult blood
hydroplane (submarines); diving plane; diving rudder
secret; private; surreptitious
person biding their time; heir waiting to ascend the throne; great talent yet to make their mark
latent heat; hidden heat; concealed heat
to slip through the dragnet
submarine chaser
going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth); narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)
diving apparatus
anti-submarine net
forestalling; anticipating
circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)
Japanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake
latent image
fecal occult blood test; FOBT
fecal occult blood; faecal occult blood; FOB
Japanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake
flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini); Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)
flower chafer (any flower beetle of tribe Cetoniini); Eucetonia pilifera (flower chafer species of tribe Cetoniini)
caisson disease; the bends
latent variable (e.g. in statistics)
cryptorchidism; undescended testis; retained testis
infiltration activities; undercover operation; covert work
potential ability; latent energy; potential
Cryptodira (suborder comprising the hidden-necked turtles)
diving petrel (esp. the common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix)
Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida)
Japanese accentor (Prunella rubida)
to make something pass through (esp. in cooking); to dip something (into)
banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra)
banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra)
narrow-mouthed toad (Kaloula borealis)
narrow-mouthed toad (Kaloula borealis)
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.