隠れる|かくれるkakureru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto hide; to conceal oneself; to take cover
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to be covered; to go out of sight
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be unknown (e.g. of a talent); to be undiscovered; to be hidden (e.g. of a meaning)usu. prenominally as 隠れた
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto pass away (of a person of high position)as お隠れになる
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 隠れる（かくれる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 隠れます（かくれます） |
| Negative (nai) | 隠れない（かくれない） |
| polite (masen) | 隠れません（かくれません） |
| classical zu / nu | 隠れず・隠れぬ（かくれず・かくれぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 隠れた（かくれた） |
| polite (mashita) | 隠れました（かくれました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 隠れなかった（かくれなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 隠れませんでした（かくれませんでした） |
| Te form | 隠れて（かくれて） |
| Potential | 隠れられる（かくれられる） |
| Passive | 隠れられる（かくれられる） |
| Causative | 隠れさせる（かくれさせる） |
| Causative passive | 隠れさせられる（かくれさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 隠れれば（かくれれば） |
| tara | 隠れたら（かくれたら） |
| Volitional | 隠れよう（かくれよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 隠れましょう（かくれましょう） |
| Imperative | 隠れろ（かくれろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
猫が箱に隠れる
隠れる emphasizes the subject's own act of concealing itself or becoming hidden, while 隠す focuses on an agent deliberately hiding something else.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym潜伏せんぷくWrittenWritten/formal prose: hiding so as not to be found, often while waiting for a chance to act; also the latency of a virus. 「隠れる」 is general hiding or being covered.
- Related消えるきえるNeutralNeutral: things are gone, vanish from view, or flames/lights go out. 「隠れる」 is being blocked from sight or hiding oneself — the person or thing still exists.
- Related消え失せるきえうせるCasualColloquial: stresses vanishing completely without a trace; the imperative 「消え失せろ」 tells someone to get lost. 「隠れる」 is hiding, staying out of sight.
- Related失せるうせるNeutralNeutral: to disappear or go away, as in 「やる気が失せる」, without implying a total vanishing; 「失せろ」 is a curse. 「隠れる」 is hiding, with no sense of loss.
- Related伏するふくするWrittenWritten/formal prose: to prostrate oneself or yield to someone, and by extension to hide. For everyday hiding, 「隠れる」 is the normal word.
- Antonym現れるあらわれるNeutralAntonym: the opposite of 「隠れる」 in visibility — what was hidden or unseen comes into view or becomes apparent.
Use 「隠れる」 for hiding or being hidden. 「消える」 is things disappearing or ceasing to exist; 「消え失せる」 is vanishing without a trace, 「失せる」 disappearing or leaving; 「潜伏」 is lying low or a latent virus; 「伏する」 is formal. Antonym: 「現れる」.
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