隠いん蔽ぺい

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隠蔽する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Often used for deliberately hiding facts, evidence, or information, especially in formal or negative contexts such as scandals or cover-ups.

〈事こと〉〉を隠蔽いんぺいするto conceal or cover up something (e.g., evidence, facts, wrongdoing)
会かい社しゃは事じ故この原げん因いんを隠いん蔽ぺいした。
The company covered up the cause of the accident.
隠蔽いんぺいが発覚はっかくするfor a cover-up to come to light
汚お職しょくの隠いん蔽ぺいが発はっ覚かくし、大おおきな問もん題だいになった。
The cover-up of the corruption came to light and became a major issue.
隠蔽体質いんぺいたいしつa habitual tendency to cover things up (used of organizations)
その団だん体たいは隠蔽体質いんぺいたいしつがあると批ひ判はんされている。
That organization is criticized for having a culture of covering things up.

隠かくすN3
隠す is the everyday verb for hiding anything, while 隠蔽 is a formal noun implying a deliberate, systematic cover-up of facts or wrongdoing.
秘ひ匿とく
秘匿 is a neutral term for keeping something confidential (e.g., data), whereas 隠蔽 carries a negative implication of covering up wrongdoing.
隠いん滅めつ
隠蔽 is a broader term for concealing or covering something up, while 隠滅 specifically implies destroying or obliterating it (often evidence).
ハッシュ
隠蔽 is the common, more formal Japanese word for actively covering up or concealing information, while ハッシュ is a rare English loanword with the same basic sense of hushing something up.

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葬ほうむるN1
隠蔽する is a formal, often bureaucratic term for covering up facts, while 葬る adds a stronger sense of finality, as if burying the matter forever.
黒くろい霧きり
隠蔽 is a concrete term meaning to actively conceal information, while 黒い霧 is a figurative, journalistic phrase for the cloud of suspicion around an incident.
偽ぎ装そうN1
隠蔽 means covering up or hiding facts (often wrongdoing), while 偽装 means actively making something look like something else rather than simply concealing it.
隠いん匿とく
隠蔽 typically refers to covering up a fact or scandal after it exists, while 隠匿 refers to actively hiding or sheltering something or someone from the start.

公こう開かいN1
公開 means to make something public or disclose it, the direct opposite of 隠蔽's act of concealing information.
露ろ出しゅつN1
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover something up, the opposite of 露出's sense of exposing or baring something.
発はっ覚かくN1
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover something up, the opposite of 発覚, which is that concealed thing coming to light.

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露ろ呈ていN1
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up, the direct opposite of 露呈, which means something hidden is exposed.
摘てき発はつN1
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up wrongdoing, the opposite of 摘発, which means to expose it.
暴ばく露ろN1
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up, the direct opposite of 暴露, which means to expose or bring to light.
露ろ見けん
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover something up, the opposite of 露見, which means that hidden thing coming to light.
漏ろう洩えい
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up information, the opposite of 漏洩, which means that information has leaked out.
発はっ掘くつN1
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up something, the opposite of 発掘's sense of bringing hidden talent or facts to light.

隠いん匿とく
隠匿 is a legal term for hiding stolen goods, criminals, or fugitives, while 隠蔽 refers more broadly to covering up facts, evidence, or scandals.

From Middle Chinese 隱蔽 (conceal, hide). The kanji 隠 means 'hide' and 蔽 means 'cover'.