潜せん伏ぷく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

concealment; hiding; ambush

Used for people or things hiding to avoid detection, often with a strategic or secretive nuance. Common in crime, military, and espionage contexts.

• 犯はん人にんは山さん中ちゅうに潜せん伏ぷくしていると見みられている。

  The suspect is believed to be hiding in the mountains.

• スパイが敵てき国こくに潜せん伏ぷくしていた。

  A spy was hiding in the enemy country.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

incubation; latency; dormancy

Medical/biological term for a pathogen or disease being present but not yet active, or for a latent state.

• ウイルスの潜せん伏ぷく期き間かんは約やく2週しゅう間かんです。

  The incubation period of the virus is about two weeks.