隠す

かくす · kakusu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to hide

🙈 隠 = hill 阝 + hand 爫 + heart 心: a hand tucks your heart behind a hill

The 阝 hill radical often marks screening or cover. Kakusu means you hide something else (transitive). Its partner 隠れる kakureru means to hide yourself, as in かくれんぼ kakurenbo, hide-and-seek.

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