How to say "guise" in Japanese

• 装いよそおいCommon
  nounCovers guise as outward dress or styling: the way a person or thing is dressed up or presented. Its core is attire, in line with its dress and outfit senses.
  野山のやまは春はるの装よそおいだ。↗

  Hills and fields cloaked in spring colors.
• 姿すがたJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe broad, neutral word for appearance or form; for guise it fits the shape or look in which someone or something appears, with no built-in sense of disguise.
• 仮面かめんCommon
  nounLiterally a mask. For guise it carries the deceptive nuance: an assumed front that hides what a person or thing really is, in line with its disguise sense.

Choose 姿 for the neutral outward form or appearance in which someone or something shows itself, 「装い」 for outward dress or styling, and 仮面 when the guise is a disguise or false front.

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• 装いよそおいdress
• かくれみのcover (e.g. for illegal activity)
• ごかし(under the) pretense (of)
• 姿すがたappearance
• 仮面かめんdisguise