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隠蔽 (いんぺい, inpei) Japanese meaning: concealment | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 隠蔽する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 隠蔽いんぺい する 隠蔽いんぺい しない Polite 隠蔽いんぺい します 隠蔽いんぺい しません Past polite 隠蔽いんぺい しました 隠蔽いんぺい しませんでした Past 隠蔽いんぺい した 隠蔽いんぺい しなかった Te-form 隠蔽いんぺい して 隠蔽いんぺい しないで Desire 隠蔽いんぺい したい 隠蔽いんぺい したくない Potential 隠蔽いんぺい できる 隠蔽いんぺい できない Passive 隠蔽いんぺい される 隠蔽いんぺい されない Causative 隠蔽いんぺい させる 隠蔽いんぺい させない Causative passive 隠蔽いんぺい させられる 隠蔽いんぺい させられない Volitional 隠蔽いんぺい しよう Polite volitional 隠蔽いんぺい しましょう Imperative 隠蔽いんぺい しろ 隠蔽いんぺい するな Conditional 隠蔽いんぺい すれば 隠蔽いんぺい しなければ Tara conditional 隠蔽いんぺい したら 隠蔽いんぺい しなかったら
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社しゃ
は
不ふ
祥しょう
事じ
を
隠いん
蔽ぺい
しよう
と
し
た
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The company tried to cover up the scandal.
Concealment of evidence is a crime.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと〉 〉 を 隠蔽いんぺい する to conceal or cover up something (e.g., evidence, facts, wrongdoing)
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
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)
That organization is criticized for having a culture of covering things up.
Related words· 8 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.
秘匿 is a neutral term for keeping something confidential (e.g., data), whereas 隠蔽 carries a negative implication of covering up wrongdoing.
隠蔽 is a broader term for concealing or covering something up, while 隠滅 specifically implies destroying or obliterating it (often evidence).
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.
Show 4 more 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.
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.
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.
Opposites· 9 公開 means to make something public or disclose it, the direct opposite of 隠蔽's act of concealing information.
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover something up, the opposite of 露出's sense of exposing or baring something.
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover something up, the opposite of 発覚, which is that concealed thing coming to light.
Show 6 more Don't confuse with 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.
Written forms 隠いん 蔽ぺい Usage 80%
隠いん ぺい Usage 20%
Common simplified spelling using kana for the second character.
陰いん 蔽ぺい Usage <1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology From Middle Chinese 隱蔽 (conceal, hide). The kanji 隠 means 'hide' and 蔽 means 'cover'.
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.
露ろ 呈てい
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隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up, the direct opposite of 露呈, which means something hidden is exposed.
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up wrongdoing, the opposite of 摘発, which means to expose it.
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up, the direct opposite of 暴露, which means to expose or bring to light.
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover something up, the opposite of 露見, which means that hidden thing coming to light.
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up information, the opposite of 漏洩, which means that information has leaked out.
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover up something, the opposite of 発掘's sense of bringing hidden talent or facts to light.
