韜とう晦かい趣しゅ味み

noun

propensity to hide one's talents; tendency to efface oneself

Describes a personality trait or hobby of deliberately concealing one's abilities or true self, often for aesthetic or philosophical reasons. The term is somewhat literary and may be encountered in discussions of traditional Japanese aesthetics or psychology.

• 彼かれの韜とう晦かい趣しゅ味みは、周しゅう囲いから誤ご解かいされることも多おおい。

  His propensity to hide his talents often leads to misunderstandings from those around him.

• 韜とう晦かい趣しゅ味みが高こうじて、わざと無む能のうを装よそおう人ひともいる。

  Some people, driven by a taste for self-effacement, deliberately pretend to be incompetent.