隠し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隠
かく Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
隱し (kyūjitai)

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 隠(かく)す (kakusu, “to hide”). In sense 3, from how a pocket is “hidden”.

Noun

隠(かく)し • (kakushi) 

1. that which is hidden
2. that which is protected from outside
3. (clothing) pocket

Derived terms

• 隠(かく)し味(あじ) (kakushiaji, “subtle flavor”)
• 隠(かく)し武(ぶ)器(き) (kakushi buki, “concealed weapons”)
• 神(かみ)隠(かく)し (kamikakushi, “being spirited away”)
• 照(て)れ隠(かく)し (terekakushi, “hiding one's embarrassment”)
• 目(め)隠(かく)し (mekakushi, “blindfold; blinkers”)