ひた隠かくし

noun

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep secret

Emphasizes a determined, almost desperate effort to conceal something; often used in contexts of hiding facts, mistakes, or evidence.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの失しっ敗ぱいをひた隠かくしにした。

  He desperately tried to cover up his mistake.

• 会かい社しゃは不ふ祥しょう事じをひた隠かくしにしているようだ。

  The company seems to be doing its best to keep the scandal secret.