隠いん匿とく者しゃ

noun

hider; person in hiding

Refers to someone who is concealing themselves, often to avoid detection or capture. The word is relatively rare and formal; in everyday speech, phrases like 隠れている人 are more common.

• 警けい察さつは隠いん匿とく者しゃの行方ゆくえを追おっている。

  The police are tracking the whereabouts of the person in hiding.

• その隠いん匿とく者しゃは何なん年ねんも地ち下か室しつに潜ひそんでいた。

  The hider had been lurking in the basement for years.