韜とう晦かい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

concealing one's true self; hiding one's talents or status; self-effacement

Literary term for deliberately hiding one's abilities, identity, or intentions, often to avoid attention or danger. Can be used both as a noun and with する.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの才さい能のうを韜とう晦かいして、平へい凡ぼんな会かい社しゃ員いんとして暮くらしている。

  He hides his talents and lives as an ordinary office worker.

• その作さっ家かは長なが年ねん、正しょう体たいを韜とう晦かいし続つづけた。

  The writer kept his true identity hidden for many years.