隠かくれ家が

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

hiding place; hideout; refuge

A physical location where someone hides or takes shelter, often from danger or pursuit.

警けい察さつから逃にげるため、彼かれは山やま奥おくの隠かくれ家がにこもった。
To escape the police, he holed up in a hideout deep in the mountains.

noun

retreat; hideaway; getaway

A cozy, private place for relaxation or escape from daily life, not necessarily for hiding from danger.

週しゅう末まつは都と会かいを離はなれて、海うみ辺べの隠かくれ家がで過すごすのが好すきだ。
On weekends, I like to get away from the city and spend time at my seaside hideaway.

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Usage patterns

隠かくれ家がを見みつけるto find a hideout/hideaway
山やまの中なかに静しずかな隠かくれ家がを見みつけた。
I found a quiet hideaway in the mountains.
〈場ば所しょ〉を隠かくれ家がにするto make a place one's hideout/retreat
その古ふるい倉そう庫こを隠かくれ家がにしていた。
They had made that old warehouse their hideout.
隠かくれ家が的てきな〈場ば所しょ〉a hidden-gem-like, secluded spot (café, restaurant, etc.)
駅えきの裏うらに隠かくれ家が的てきなカフェがある。
There's a hidden-gem café behind the station.

Kanji

隠conceal, hide, cover
家house, home, family
処dispose, manage, deal with

Related words

アジト sense 1
アジト is a loanword typically used for a criminal or spy hideout, while 隠れ家 is the general Japanese term for any hiding place.
穴あな場ばN1sense 2
穴場 refers to a little-known good spot (like a restaurant or view point), while 隠れ家 in its retreat sense emphasizes privacy and personal escape rather than being undiscovered.
潜せん伏ぷく先さき sense 1
潜伏先 is a formal, often journalistic term for the place a fugitive is hiding, while 隠れ家 is the everyday word for a hideout or hiding place.
ネスト
隠れ家 is the common, natural word for a hideout or private retreat, whereas ネスト in this sense is rare and stylistic.
庵いおり
隠れ家 is a broader term for any hideaway or refuge, whereas 庵 specifically implies a simple, secluded dwelling associated with hermits or monks.

Don't confuse with

隠かくれ蓑みの
隠れ蓑 shares the kanji 隠れ with 隠れ家 but means a 'cover' or 'front' used to conceal one's true activities, not a physical hiding place.

Built from

隠かくれる+家か

Written forms

隠れ家Usage85%
- かくれが
  Standard kanji spelling; high news frequency.
- かくれや
  out-dated reading
かくれ家Usage9%
- かくれが
  Mixed kana-kanji spelling; less common but still seen.
- かくれや
  out-dated reading
隠処かくれがUsage4%
irregular okuriganararely-used kanji form
Irregular okurigana and rare kanji form; not recommended for learners.
隠かくれ処がUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form using 処; it is rarely used.
かくれや
out-dated reading

Etymology

Compound of 隠れ (kakure, 'hiding', the continuative form of 隠れる) and 家 (ie/ya, 'house'), with rendaku voicing of 家 to が. The reading かくれや is an older, now obsolete variant.