How to say "cover-up" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 失敗隠ししっぱいかくしnounCovers 'cover-up' in the sense of hiding a failure or mistake, as when someone tries to keep an error from being discovered. The word is literally 'failure-hiding' and is a less common choice.
- もみ消しもみけしnounGlossed 'hush-up; cover-up', this covers the sense of suppressing something — quashing talk or news of an incident so that it never comes to light. It is also a less common rendering of 'cover-up'.
For 'cover-up', 「失敗隠し」 is the narrower word, used when the thing hidden is a failure or mistake, while 「もみ消し」, which also means 'hush-up', suggests actively suppressing something so it never comes to light; both are less common choices.
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