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跡をくらます (あとをくらます) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, godan verb (-su)
disappear ; vanish ; go into hiding
rare term
Used when someone deliberately hides their whereabouts or disappears without a trace. Often implies evading pursuit or leaving secretly. It is a rare expression; the more common synonym is 行方をくらます.
See also: 行方をくらます
The culprit vanished into the darkness of the night.
Written forms 跡あと をくらます
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling for this expression.
跡あと を 暗くら ます
Rare kanji spelling using 暗; the kana form くらます is far more common.
Kanji 暗 darkness, disappear, shade Etymology The expression combines 跡 (trace, tracks) with くらます (to make dark, to obscure). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it figuratively means 'to darken one's tracks,' i.e., to disappear without a trace.
