Keyword
to hide
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 4
Heisig1410
Old form
Readings
かく
(89%)
いん
(6%)
おん
(2%)
がく
(1%)
Composed of
small village
claw (radical)
broken trident
heart
Used in vocabulary (230 in total)
to hide; to conceal
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to hide oneself
secret; secrecy
concealment; suppression; hiding
hiding one's embarrassment
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to be able to conceal
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to hide; to conceal oneself
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
hidden room; secret chamber
cache; place to hide something
to cover up; to conceal
to be able to conceal
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
concealment
subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
destruction of evidence
illegitimate child; secret love child
covert action; covert operations
hiding place; refuge
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge
hermit; recluse
secrecy; keeping secret
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
hidden village (esp. hidden retreat for nobles or refuge for soldiers of a defeated army); isolated village; legendary land (deep in mountains or underground); Shangri-La
to run away and hide
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
invisibility (through magic)
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
concealment; suppression; hiding
secret; secrecy
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
hidden camera; spy camera
Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture); Oki (island)
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
one's party piece; parlor trick; hidden talent
secluded life
to cover one's private parts
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
secret admirer; closet fan
comfortable retirement
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
seclusion; reclusion; retirement (from activities)
secrecy; keeping secret
obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; (lit.) a skilled hawk hides its talons
toilet; lavatory
hiding place
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
passing away; dying; death
hiding one's embarrassment
patience; endurance; undercover ninja; embedded ninja
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
retreat; dwelling for someone in seclusion
hermit; recluse
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
secret bank account; secret account
burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; (lit.) hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
appearance and disappearance
afterlife; realm of the dead
vanishing from sight (usu. via magic, camouflage. etc.); disappearing; hiding
hide-and-seek and tag; children's game where the participants first hide, then run away from the seeker
retirement (from an official position)
compassion; pity
hairdo covering the ears
hidden character (e.g. in computer games)
(crime of) aiding a criminal to avoid capture
Easter egg; hidden feature
concealed microphone; bug
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
making secret; not revealing; hiding (something)
art of disappearing (esp. ninja)
hiding in the leaves
to cover with paint; to hide with paint or make-up
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
income concealment; (income) tax evasion
(light) scoring (in cooking)
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something
cornering someone; cornering an opponent's king (shogi)
appearance and disappearance
common bean; green bean
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); kidney bean; navy bean; wax bean; green bean; string bean
coming into and out of sight
inside pocket
to retire from public service
bride's head-dress
cryptogam; cryptogamous plants; cryptogamic plant
secluded life
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
hiding place; genitals
helping a criminal to avoid arrest
game of (blindfolded) tag similar to the children's swimming pool game "Marco Polo"
Chinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)
to hide; to conceal
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
unregistered rice field
secret drawer; hidden drawer
nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
to cover up; to conceal
Ninja art of escape
post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern
enlightened hermit
afterlife; realm of the dead
secret language; argot
normal weight obesity; hidden obesity; being thin while having an unhealthily high body fat percentage
cornering someone; cornering an opponent's king (shogi)
padding, armour, etc. covering the testicles; mantle or hood on a urinal, squat-toilet, etc.
nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
retirement (from the world); seclusion
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
concealment
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to lie concealed
making a secret audio recording
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
metaphor
hat of invisibility; hat that makes its wearer invisible
passing away; dying; death
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
hidden behind trees
secretly hoarded goods (esp. those belonging to the Japanese military at the end of World War 2)
secret Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism (practised in Kyushu in the Edo period)
a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; (lit.) a skilled hawk hides its talons
hider; person in hiding
hiding one's mistakes (or wrongdoings, etc.); back pocket
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
cryptic coloration (colouration); camouflage
taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge
French beans; string beans
standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view; (lit.) knee-hider
white kidney bean
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; (lit.) a skilled hawk hides its talons
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
French beans; string beans
secret language; argot
cannellini bean; white kidney bean; navy bean; haricot bean; great northern bean
Ocellaris clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
black longspine urchin (Diadema setosum)
making a secret audio recording
Encheliophis sagamianus (species of pearlfish)
last day of the month
Asparagus schoberioides
eating on the sly
hidden line
hidden surface
hiding in the nest
concealed nail
concealed nail
concealed seams
tiles used to cover nail holes in cypress bark roofing for the purpose of waterproofing
dor beetle (of family Geotrupidae); Geotrupes laevistriatus (species of dor beetle)
hidden line removal; hidden line elimination
hidden surface removal
fascia board; facia board
secret mistress
secret (male) lover
pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa
normal weight obesity; metabolically obese despite being normal weight
to die (for a nobleman)
if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; (lit.) manjū in the toilet; hiding something good for oneself alone
poverty in spite of having a high income
classical Japanese poetry hiding the theme name in consecutive morae
black turtle bean; black bean
pea crab (any crab of the family Pinnotheridae)
pea crab (any crab of the family Pinnotheridae)
Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus)
scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus)
Examples (155 in total)
What are you hiding there?
You're hiding something, aren't you?
Are you hiding something?