露見 (ろけん, roken) Japanese meaning: exposure | Kotomora

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露見する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

exposure; discovery; coming to light

Used when a secret, plot, wrongdoing, or hidden fact is revealed or uncovered, often unintentionally. Common in news and formal contexts.

発はっ覚かくN1
発覚 is the everyday word for wrongdoing or a secret being found out, while 露見 is a slightly more formal term for the same kind of unintentional revelation.
露ろ呈ていN1
露呈 and 露見 both describe a hidden fact coming to light, but 露呈 is often used for flaws or weaknesses becoming apparent rather than secrets being caught.
暴ばく露ろN1
暴露 implies someone deliberately exposes a secret, whereas 露見 describes the secret coming out on its own, often against the wrongdoer's wishes.
知しれるN1
露見する is a more formal, often negative term for a secret or wrongdoing coming to light, whereas 知れる can describe any kind of information becoming known, not just something shameful.

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ばれるN1
露見する is a formal, written-style word for a secret or crime coming to light, whereas ばれる is casual and common in everyday speech.
表おもて立だつ
露見する emphasizes a secret being exposed against someone's wishes, while 表立つ more neutrally describes something becoming publicly known or formal.

隠いん蔽ぺい
隠蔽 means to conceal or cover something up, the opposite of 露見, which means that hidden thing coming to light.

露ろ出しゅつN1
露出 shares the kanji 露 with 露見 but refers to physical exposure (skin, film, camera settings), not the discovery of a secret or wrongdoing.

件けんN2
露見 is counted with 件 when referring to individual cases or incidents of a secret coming to light, e.g. 不正が二件露見した.

露ろ見けんUsage78%
Standard modern spelling; used in news and general writing.
露ろ顕けんUsage22%
Older variant; 顕 carries a nuance of 'manifest' or 'reveal', but 露見 is now preferred.

A Sino-Japanese compound of 露, “expose or reveal,” and 見, “be seen.” It denotes something hidden becoming exposed or discovered.