隠かくれ蓑みの

noun

cover; front; guise

Figurative use: something used to hide one's true activities or identity, often in illegal or deceptive contexts.

• あの店みせは実じつは麻ま薬やく取とり引ひきの隠かくれ蓑みのだった。

  That shop was actually a front for drug dealing.

• 慈じ善ぜん団だん体たいを隠かくれ蓑みのにして資し金きんを集あつめていた。

  He was raising funds under the guise of a charity organization.

noun

Dendropanax trifidus (plant)

A species of flowering plant; the name is usually written in katakana as カクレミノ.

• カクレミノは暖あたたかい地ち域いきに自じ生せいする常じょう緑りょく樹じゅです。

  Dendropanax trifidus is an evergreen tree native to warm regions.

noun

straw raincoat of invisibility (folklore)

Original meaning: a magical straw raincoat from Japanese folklore that makes the wearer invisible. Now mostly a historical or literary reference.

• 昔むかし話ばなしには、隠かくれ蓑みのを着きて悪あく事じを働はたらく鬼おにが出でてくる。

  In old tales, an oni appears who does evil deeds while wearing a straw raincoat of invisibility.